Punishment
Most crimes are punished with a fine. Generally, only the highest crimes are punished with death. Short of the king or most powerful duke or earl in the area, local courts may not even have the power to pass down a death sentence.
Another punishment, particularly for moral crimes, is shaming. The most common form of shaming is confinement to the stocks, though there are others. It needs to be remembered, though, that the shamed criminal will literally know every person who passes by. In such a small society, a man confined to the stocks suffers considerably less abuse than he would should we institute the punishment today. The worst part of the punishment is simply having everyone know what he has done.
Corporal punishment is also handed down. Serfs, in particular, are frequently beaten for various failures. The reeve’s symbol of authority is the rod, and that is no coincidence.
In pagan lands, banishment is used as punishment for the most severe crimes. It is rare, and similar to outlawry. No one may aid the banished man in any way, but they do not have to hunt him down, either. In pagan Scandinavia, with its harsh climate and unforgiving wilderness, this amounts to a death sentence.
Recompense is frequently required by both pagan and Christian courts — the accused must pay back those whom he harmed.
Imprisonment is not used as a punishment as it is today. People may be imprisoned for a number of reasons, but not because they have been convicted of a crime.
Aside from the most severe of punishments (death, outlawry, banishment), a punishment is over when it is over. There is no record of a “convicted felon.” The criminal has paid his debt, and everyone moves on.