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Treason

1992 Loek Elfferich, Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die 1987 Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian aid of Ayatollah Khomeini, shot for treason 1977 Russia charges Jewish rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason 1971 Budapest in 1956 to escape treason charges, ends exile and flies to Rome 1963 Anti-Kennedy "WANTED FOR TREASON" pamphlets scattered in Dallas 1961 After a 4 year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge 1950 U.S.S.R. re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage and sabotage 1948 Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason 1946 William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason 1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) British radio traitor charged with treason 1945 Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason 1941 Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason 1895 French Capt Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent 1894 French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated) 1892 Rebecca West, [Cicily I F Andrews], Engl author, Meaning of Treason 1869 Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped 1862 William B Mumford, 1st U.S. citizen hanged for treason, at 42 1851 Jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31 1847 Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state) 1807 Former VP Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond Virginia (acquitted) 1807 VP Aaron Burr arrested in Alabama for treason; later found innocent 1795 William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason 1792 France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason 1776 Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged 1765 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!" 1691 Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason 1681 Earl of Shaftesbury accused of high treason in London 1649 Charles I, King of Great Britain (1625-49), beheaded for treason 1645 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71 1635 Virginia Gov John Harvey accused of treason and removed from office 1618 Walter Raleigh, English scholar, poet and historian, beheaded for treason 1601 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth 1577 Treason of Don Juan in Brussels 1553 English Lady Jane Grey/bishop Cranmer accused of high treason 1552 Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, beheaded for treason 1547 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason 1535 Thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57 1535 Sir Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason

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