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[Gnomeknows]

Ok, so the captain of my guard, a legendary wrestler, has somehow managed to murder 3 people with not a single witness, each time she's punched her fist through their skull, but I digress. 

So I COULD convict her for the latest murder, but, I've been told mayors can order beatings on dorfs for violating production orders.  My question is:  How can I find out if it was the mayor, or the captain "taking pleasure in slaughter lately"?

[sal880612m]

I think that the only situations in which dwarfs murder each other are fell moods, capital punishment, tantrums, and vampirism. I am pretty sure tantrums get announced so if you haven't seen one and you are sure your captain isn't a vampire then it is likely that it was just death by justice.

Edit: More info here: http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2012:Justice

[Larix]

Check the justice status screen - if you have a few dwarfs listed with a "beating" punishment as well as a "deceased" notice, it's dwarven justice gone wrong dwarven. A beating is supposed to be basically a spanking, but it uses the "bare-handed assault with murderous intent" code, and the effects of blunt attacks (including punches) on the central nervous system are fatally mis-modelled.

If those cases were the usual misfires of the dwarven injustice system, the alleged crime and detestable mandate-smithing parasite injured party will be listed, so it should be easy enough to find the real criminal.

[Gnomeknows]

Alright, thanks, all evidence points to a beating gone wrong, no reason for the captain to use fists in a real fight since he's a +5 legendary axedorf.  Wish there was a way to get alerted when beatings are ordered.

[Aramara Meibi]

if you wish to avoid such capital punishment, assign a dwarf with no military skills to the captain position, or build yourself a set of jail cells (chains built and then assigned to justice).

[Larix]

Assigning weaklings to the guard doesn't help much - punches against unarmoured targets are completely broken right now.

The best thing to do is not to assign a guard (and hope dwarven justice gets fixed in the upcoming release). Currently, their work has no real benefits - even the "keep order in the middle of a tantrum" can be done better and with less waste of good dwarfs without them. In less troubled times they just murder, hospitalise or imprison workers with beneficial skills.

[Gnomeknows]

if you wish to avoid such capital punishment, assign a dwarf with no military skills to the captain position, or build yourself a set of jail cells (chains built and then assigned to justice).

Ya I figured this out by accident yesterday, no dorfs have been killed since, just chained for a week or two.