to be taken in by a country, housed feed and in return they try to kill ,should this law be inforced instead of jail term which costs the tax payer money
2007-01-17 08:37:41 · 10 answers · asked by johnny boy rebel 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
treason
noun
1. a crime that undermines the offender's government
2. disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior
3. an act of deliberate betrayal [syn: treachery]
2007-01-17 09:01:01 · update #1
I for one, totally agree, but you will never find a politician in the U.K. with the bottle to enforce it. They are just a load of spineless individuals with big pay cheques who don't listen or want to listen to their electorate.
2007-01-17 09:21:23 · answer #1 · answered by JillPinky 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because it was abolished by one of the protocols of the European Convention of Human Rights- Abolishment of death sentence, torture or degrading treatment. Given effect by the Human Rights Act 1998. So until 1998 thye could have been hung for treason, but the HRA98 obviously impliedly repeals it. Important to point out that even though legally we could have hung them pre 1998, practically we couldnt have because we probably would haev been kicked from the EU which would have crippled our economy. Although the Convention wasnt given domestic effect, it was still an influence on decision making.
2007-01-17 18:49:01 · answer #2 · answered by Master Mevans 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we are part of the European Union.The European Union (EU) is opposed to the death penalty in all cases and has consistently espoused its universal abolition, working towards this goal. In countries that maintain the death penalty, the EU aims at the progressive restriction of its scope and respect for the strict conditions set forth in several international human rights instruments, under which the capital punishment may be used, as well as at the establishment of a moratorium on executions so as to eliminate the death penalty completely.
2007-01-17 17:05:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there is no capital punishment in the UK. Not even for treason. The Human Rights Act 1998 completely abolished this form of punishment.
2007-01-17 16:48:16 · answer #4 · answered by LYN W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...and actually I thought that law had been repealed. I think Fire Raising in Her Majesty's Docks still carries the death penalty though!
Talking of daft laws it is a legal requirement for all able bodied men between a certain age to practice their archery regularly in York in case they need to shoot any Scotsmen who wander inside the city walls and I believe there is a similar law that still applies in Chester regarding the Welsh!!
2007-01-17 16:46:23 · answer #5 · answered by KB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All hanging for crimes including treason and setting fire to dockyards was abolished in 1998 i think! That was when the last working gallows retired (Devonport dockyard (Plymouth) Home of our disappearing Navy .
2007-01-17 16:48:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apart from ww2 traitors this law was also once used by kings to punish chaps who bedded the queen (may not pass the test of time).
Otherwise I think you raise a good point.
2007-01-17 16:47:43 · answer #7 · answered by Spartan L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who is in jail for treason?
This is a moot point. No one has been convicted of treason since 1952.
2007-01-17 16:50:50 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah. They're just stupid old laws left on the books. Not appropriate for today's world. In Ireland it's illegal for a Jew to purchase a suit of armour.
2007-01-17 16:43:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it should ......bloody extreemisits....we would hang in other countrys for the same offence!
2007-01-17 16:48:23 · answer #10 · answered by michee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋