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If you know your spouse is committing treason and you continue going about being their spouse, is that a crime?
by gotoeleven 2y ago
If you know your spouse is committing treason and you continue going about being their spouse, is that a crime?
- nashashmi 2y agoCan spouses testify against their spouse in court on a crime that is external?
- Joker_vD 2y agoEven the Soviet article 58-1c, which introduced criminal penalty specifically for the family members in case they did not report the treason to authorities, only applied a) if the traitor was in the military service; b) only in cases when the treason consisted of fleeing the country. Otherwise, 58-12 would apply which did not have the capital punishment as an option.
- terminalbraid 2y agoIn the US this is known as "misprision of treason" which is a crime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misprision_of_treason https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misprision_of_treason
- M95D 2y agoFrom wikipedia: > "It is punishable by a fine and up to seven years in federal prison." Not death.