treason
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The Constitution contemplates Congress having limited law-enforcement powers and even specifies crimes it can punish: treason, counterfeiting, “offences against the law of nations” and “piracies and felonies on the high seas.”
As Johnson reminds us, “If we thought murders and treasons real, they would please no more.”
From Los Angeles Times
The penalty for treason can be death and for sedition up to 20 years in prison.
At least 240 people were charged with treason after the protests, but the president later sought to ease tension and asked prosecutors to "show leniency".
From BBC
He is falsely accused of treason and sentenced to the dreaded Château d’If, a prison located on a small island in the Mediterranean Sea.
From Literature
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