Quote Originally Posted by Taffy_is_a_Taff
I think the U.K. may still have the death penalty for treason.
I'm not sure.
If that is the case then I think it would be perfectly apt in these circumstances.
No, we don't (although a lot of people still think we do). The death penalty was comletely abolished by us signing up to the European convention of human rights. Until recently the death penalty could also be used for arson in her Majesty's dockyards and for piracy (although it has not been used for these crimes since the death penalty was abolished for murder in 1965). The convention also abolishes the death penalty in military courts.

See http://www.amnesty.org.uk/action/camp/dp/uk.shtml for more.