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Old 13th Aug 2004, 11:11
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Setting light in HM's dockyards (and associated penalty) was repealed by the Crminal Damage Act 1973, though it took the Human Rights Act 1998 for high treason and piracy with violence to cease to be capital crimes. The HRA 1988 also removed the death penalty for five military wartime offences: Serious Misconduct in Action; Communicating with the Enemy; Aiding the Enemy or Furnishing Supplies; Obstructing Operations or Giving False Air Signals; Mutiny, Incitement to Mutiny or Failure to Suppress a Mutiny (they had a thing about mutiny).
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