Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796 Schedule 10 to, the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796 The Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796 (36 Geo 3 c 31 (I)) was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland. It abolished death by burning at the stake as the penalty for women convicted of treason. (It therefore made equivalent provision to the Treason Act 1790 for Ireland.) This Act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act 1962 This Act was repealed for Northern Ireland
Felony murder and the death penalty in the United States someone to death who had acted "recklessly" would. Brennan also faulted the Court for ignoring the states that had abolished the death penalty altogether when counting the states that authorized the death penalty for felony murder. "It is critical to examine not simply those jurisdictions that authorize the death penalty in a given circumstance, but those that actually "impose" it." None of the 65 executions that had taken place after "Enmund" were carried out on a felony murderer who had not killed or intended to kill (as determined by a jury). Felony murder and the death penalty in the United