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To: The G Man
I'm guessing they don't execute traitors in Great Britain, do they?

Unfortunately not. The relevant Treason Act does prescribe hanging for High Treason against the Crown, however, in the late '90s the Blair government incorporated the 'European Convention on Human Rights' into English law, to do this an undertaking was made that any capital sentence would be automatically commuted to life-imprisonment. It's all a long way from the days of being hanged, drawn and quartered.

Execution, in reality, ended in the late '60s; the same time as abortion and homosexual practice were legalised, and divorce made a damn lot easier. Many of our anarcho-leftists consider these four to be the greatest victories for the left. Of course, the vast majority of the British public are in favour of capital punishment.
36 posted on 02/17/2004 1:32:47 PM PST by tjwmason (A voice from Merry England.)
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To: tjwmason
And ther's always the Tower...
37 posted on 02/17/2004 1:37:44 PM PST by mewzilla
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To: tjwmason
"Hangin's too good for them!"

More good old "cap" punishment is worth a try here ( at least give it a trial run ).

40 posted on 02/17/2004 6:08:47 PM PST by norraad ("What light!">Blues Brothers)
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