In the Choshu Domain, ashigaru who committed capital crimes were not permitted to commit seppuku (ritual suicide by disembowelment) but were ordained to be crucified, so they were even differentiated from samurai with regard to criminal punishment.
長州藩においては死罪相当の罪を犯した際に切腹が許されず、磔にされると定められており、犯罪行為の処罰についても武士とは区別されていた。