[thechat] UK Government ( was: King Preaches Abstinence to ParadingMaidens )

[Chris Marsh]

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> The death sentence technically still exists in the United
> Kingdom, for crimes against Lizzie the Second (Elizabeth the
> Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great
> Britain and Northern Ireland and Her other Realms and
> Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the
> Faith) you could still find yourself strung up by the neck.
> (High Treason in time of War.)

I believe that this was the case until two or three years ago, but since
then treason and wartime offenses no longer carry the death sentence in
the UK.

Regards

Chris Marsh