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Did you know that "do you plead guilty to the charges?" was once an unlikely question to be answered?

Until the 18th century, common #law had a clause in which a person charged with a capital #offence would be subjected to torture if they did not plead either #guilty or not.

Many defendants refused to plead despite this prospect, because if they did, their heirs would not inherit their property!

#Torture by crushing was used to either elicit a plead or #death.

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John Earle

Why are sex criminals not AUTOMATICALLY BLOCKED from standing to be an MP? | Vox Political
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At least six MPs have lost their seats because of alleged sexual misconduct since the 2019 general election, and 10 MPs have been suspended from their parties pending investigations.

#sex #criminal #offence #crime #block #stand #candidate #MP #member #Parliament #Mike Sivier #Vox Political

Vox Political · Why are sex criminals not AUTOMATICALLY BLOCKED from standing to be an MP?Imagine This Writer’s surprise when I read a headline stating that prime minister Rishi Sunak is being urged to block anybody who has been convicted of sexual offences from seeking election t…
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