daf bit: Makkot 6

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Tractate Makkot begins with discussions of court proceedings, what to do about false witnesses, and the like. Today's daf talks about the warning that is required in capital cases. In the mishna Rabbi Yose says here that a malefactor is never put to death unless two witnesses had duly pre-admonished him. The g'mara raises two exceptions: first, a sworn enemy is executed because he is considered to be pre-admonished, and second, a scholar needs no pre-admonition because he is assumed to know what he is doing. (6b)