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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2007-09-19 11:07 pm
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Today I learned

That capital punishment was abolished in the UK in 1998.

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[identity profile] azalemeth.livejournal.com 2007-09-19 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Gosh. I never knew that. Was it related to the Human Rights bill?

[identity profile] henriksdal.livejournal.com 2007-09-19 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Yaay I totally knew that already! I am shocked at what uselss knowledge lies in the depths of my brain.

[identity profile] loveandgarbage.livejournal.com 2007-09-20 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
A friend who is a PF was working in Aberdeen in 1997. There was a case involving a problem on board a ship which could have been categorised as piracy. The criminal procedure rules require you to provide a statutory notice of possible sentences (detailing maximum sentences). He prepared one stating various fines or prison sentences for the minor offences finishing with, a note that if convicted of piracy, maximum sentence "DEATH". His boss vetoed it - but technically the accused could have got off for not receiving appropriate notice of possible sentences ;-)

[identity profile] jccw.livejournal.com 2007-09-20 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it was abolished in Wisconsin in 1852 or so... What took you so long?
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2007-09-20 09:11 am (UTC)(link)
Well, we mostly abolished it in the 60s, but held onto it for Treason and Piracy - although it was never actually used.

[identity profile] marrog.livejournal.com 2007-09-20 11:16 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, I thought it still existed for treason and arson in Her Majesty's dockyards. Good to know. *Torches a battleship*
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