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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.

Pub quizzes - useful for all sorts of things!
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[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.
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