Explore the definition of treason in the U.S., its historical context, and legal implications under the Constitution.

He said that the history of using punishment by death ... Michigan became the first state to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state), mostly because it had no long ...

Treason against the United States ... Convention show an awareness of English common law and legislative history. James Madison suggested that the proposed definition reported by the Committee ...

Macdonald decided to charge Riel with high treason, based on an obscure British ... ten dollars to watch the biggest trial in Canadian history. The trial lasted four days. Riel addressed the ...

KAMPALA (Reuters) - A Ugandan magistrates' court charged detained opposition politician Kizza Besigye with treason on Friday, rejecting his lawyer's pleas that he be transferred to hospital to ...