Treason is a word we all know, but how did treason law develop in England? Over the centuries, those linked with some of the most audacious attacks on the establishment have been branded traitors. If treason failed, it usually led to the most gruesome of death penalties. Some of those convicted we recognise as noble rebels, others were cheated of their reputation by false accusations driven home by the weight of the state.
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