From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!CSvax:mab Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: Treason??? Article-I.D.: purdue.513 Posted: Tue Mar 22 23:14:05 1983 Received: Wed Mar 23 20:27:42 1983 References: alice.1703 Bear in mind the statistic I referred to involved convictions for treason against the federal government and NOT treason against a state or crimes tantamount to treason. The Rosenbergs were convicted of violating a law banning the giving of atomic secrets to foreign powers (I don't remember the act's name), not of treason (source: "The Implosion Conspiracy", by Louis Nizer, which describes the trial in detail.) I remember from my history classes that John Brown was convicted of sedition and treason against the state of Virginia (not the US), but I can't cite a source for it offhand. The statistic I referred to meant convictions of treason as defined in the Constitution. I agree that a lot more have been convicted of similar offenses. Peace, Matt Bishop mab@purdue via ARPA, works most of the time mab.purdue@udel-relay via ARPA, works all the time ...{decvax|ucbvax}!pur-ee!csvax:mab via UUCP