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Hanged on 3 January 1946. Last person to be executed for treason in the United Kingdom. Members of the British Free Corps: Thomas Haller Cooper and Walter Purdy (death sentences commuted) William Smith O'Brien MP, for his part in leading the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848.
Kawakita is currently one of the last people to be convicted of treason in the United States. One other person, John David Provoo, was convicted of treason in 1952. However, Provoo's conviction was overturned on appeal. The distinction currently goes to Herbert John Burgman, who was convicted of treason in 1949.
Theodore Schurch was the last person to be put to death for treachery, in 1946. He was also the last person to be executed for a crime other than murder. Josef Jakobs, a German spy executed for treachery, was the last person to be executed in the Tower of London. The Treachery Act 1940 was suspended in February 1946, and was repealed in 1967. [25]
At least 14 people have been charged with treason against various states; at least six were convicted, five of whom were executed. Only two prosecutions for treason against a state were ever carried out in the U.S.: one against Thomas Dorr and the other after John Brown's conspiracy. It has often been discussed, both legally and in matter of ...
Veteran Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye has been charged with treason in a civilian court after his controversial case was transferred from a military tribunal. Treason is a capital ...
Enrique Tarrio, the now-former leader of the neo-fascist Proud Boys gang who was convicted on treason-related charges after fuelling a mob that attacked the Capitol, was released from federal ...
Stealing, treason, and conduct unbecoming a slave Amy Spain [21] Black 17 10 March 1865 Confederate South Carolina: Military Conspiracy to commit murder: Five unnamed Yuki men [22] Native: Unknown 21 July 1863 California State Piracy: Nathaniel Gordon [Note 1] White 30 21 February 1862 New York Federal Slave revolt: Caesar, Sam, and Sanford ...
He was jailed in 2018 and charged with treason. Those charges were dropped, but he was convicted of disturbing the peace over interviews he gave to foreign media. Kiir later pardoned him.