History 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryCrime and punishment through time (OCR History A)GCSEEdexcel Created by: Bradley CampbellCreated on: 19-03-17 12:59 1725 Jonathan Wild's Execution 1 of 21 1749 Bow street Runners founded 2 of 21 Year 1000 Tithings were used to give people joint responsibility 3 of 21 1777 John Howard, published 'The State of the Prisons in England and Wales' 4 of 21 1842 Pentonville prison built 5 of 21 1857 Hulks(Prison Ships) no longer used. 6 of 21 1868 Public execution endded 7 of 21 1878 Government took control of all prisons 8 of 21 1957 Law limiting the death penalty sentence to five types of murder 9 of 21 1965 5 year suspention of death penalty 10 of 21 1969 Law to stop Capital Punishment 11 of 21 1999 Human Right Act, got rid of all forms of capital punishment 12 of 21 1829 Metropolitan Police 13 of 21 18th Century Law enforcemment Watchmen, Constables, who were unpaid and easily bribed . 14 of 21 12th Century Benefit of the clergy 15 of 21 1605 Guy Fawkes 16 of 21 1856 Became Compulsory for every town and county to have their own police force 17 of 21 1542 The first law was passed saying that witchcraft was a crime 18 of 21 1645 The year when Matthew Hopkins, witch-finder, accused record numbers of people of Witchcraft in Essex 19 of 21 1717 The last trial for Witchcraft 20 of 21 1736 The last law saying that witchcraft was a crime repealed 21 of 21
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