Judgment of Death Act 1823
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The Judgment of Death Act 1823 (4 Geo. 4. c. 48) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (although it did not apply to Scotland). Passed at a time when there were over 200 offences in English law which carried a mandatory sentence of death, it gave judges the discretion to pass a lesser sentence for the first time. It did not apply to treason or murder. The Act required judges to enter a sentence of death on the court record, but then allowed them to commute the sentence to imprisonment.
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Long title | An Act for enabling Courts to abstain from pronouncing Sentence of Death in certain Capital Felonies. |
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Citation | 4 Geo. 4. c. 48 |
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Royal assent | 4 July 1823 |
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Status: Repealed | |
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The Act was repealed in England and Wales by the Courts Act 1971,[2] in the Republic of Ireland by the Statute Law Revision Act 1983[3] and repealed in 1980 in Northern Ireland.[citation needed]