• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    they still execute Guy Fawkes symbolically every year. And all we do is put them up in prison for 20 years

    Yeah but in reality the UK doesn’t have the death penalty for any crime anymore, including treason.

    Meanwhile the US regularly executes people for a single murder.

    • Monkeyhog@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Which is why it’s bullshit that someone who attempted to overthrow the government just gets 20 years.