Mudejar Muslim offenders sought Christian courts hoping for lighter penalties than Islamic law allowed

Evidence

In capital cases in Aragon and Valencia, in an exercise of the royal prerogative of clemency, lesser penalties than lapidation were regularly substituted. And in consequence some offenders would try to get their case brought before the Christian courts in some way or other in the hope of milder treatment. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 450

Categorization

• XREF: Jurisdictional shopping between competing legal systems parallels the extralegal vs. court forum choice in the diamond trade passages.