Bloody Code GCSE
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- Bloody Code
- What?
- This was the name given to the English Legal System from the late 17th century to early 19th century.
- Known as 'Bloody Code' because a high number of crimes carried the death penulty.
- Nearly every crime was punishable by death!
- Even crimes which would seem minor now.
- 1688- 50 crimes 1815-215 crimes
- Nearly every crime was punishable by death!
- Who?
- Sir Robert Peel
- abolished death penalty
- Believed in rehabilitation
- Wealthy men made the laws
- Their attitudes:
- Made laws to protect their own interests.
- People who committed crimes were sinners, lazy and greedy
- Public Executions
- supposed to spread fear, but didnt!
- They were public until 1820s
- Anything to challenge their weath was made into a crime punishable by death
- Their attitudes:
- Sir Robert Peel
- What?
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