When capital punishment wasn't enough of a deterrent for criminals to stop committing offenses, the British Parliament deliberated on what would be a better way to deter people from committing crimes, and that's when they passed the British Murder Act of 1751. It is considered quite brutal and even said to be a fate worse than death. Weird History tells us about the BMA of 1751 in the video above. - via Digg.
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