An idea from The Trial and Death of Socrates

The jury convicted him. If 30 votes had gone the other way, he would have gone free. Asked to name his own penalty, he first proposed free meals at the city’s hall as his reward, then a fine his friends would guarantee.

From The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato

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