Talk:Bloody Code

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I'm doing GCSE history and I thought this was useful information. I don't know that much about it but it's a start. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.213.252.242 (talk • contribs) 18:52 (UTC), 20 April 2005
 * Thanks, useful history info. Nasty stuff though! --J. Atkins (talk | contribs) 19:36, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

This is a really inaccurate and incomplete argument. It does not take into account the fact that most people were not put to death for these crimes due to extensive use of pardons. The sporadic use of the death penalty was designed to scare people into behaving but it wasn't as harsh as this article suggests. The fact that the only reference used is the extremely biased Amnesty probably accounts for this. Xlittlemissparanoidx 08:49, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Lack of Sources
Why is this article almost entirely devoid of sources? It makes me suspicious that this is all a copy and paste job or is just someone typing what they vaguely remember from a history class. Are there not sources on this topic?Jdlund (talk) 13:51, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Sections
I've divided the article into sections and removed the tag. Feel free to change it. ArdClose (talk) 18:16, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Original research?
I reverted this: "The reason for the rise in the amount of capital offences in the late 17th century, the 18th century and the early 19th century is that the wealthy law makers were extremely worried about crime towards their property and wealth. The rich during this time were getting richer and thus they had more to lose from crime against their property, so the obvious solution for them was to make offences against property punishable by death. One could be hanged at Tyburn for stealing something as little as lace! The Lawmakers thought that by making crime against property punishable by death, people who would steal or damage property would be deterred from offending, so the wealthy people's possesions would be protected, or so was thought."

Interesting if true, but it needs a source. I didn't 'citation needed' it because it's so large. If anybody can source this, it's a valid contribution!142.103.225.18 (talk) 23:10, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Term
It become known as the bloody code retrospectively, so when and by which historians originally? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.53.69.150 (talk) 13:50, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Benefit of Clergy?
The Blackstone quote which mentions the phrase is not understandable to me, even after looking up the mean of "Benefit of Clergy" -- what is meant by "instant death"? Is this to be taken literally or does it also have a legal meaning here?--Jrm2007 (talk) 05:50, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

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