Compounding treason is an offence under the

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of England. It is committed by anyone who agrees for

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to abstain from prosecuting the offender who has committed

treason Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ...

. It is still an offence in England and Wales, and in Northern Ireland. It has been abolished in the Republic of Ireland.The

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(No.14), section 8(3) In 1977, the Law Commission recommended that the offence should be abolished for England and Wales and for Northern Ireland.

References

*The Law Commission (1977). Treason, Sedition and Allied Offences (Working Paper No.72), paragraphs 6, 43, 67 and 96(5
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