Crime & Legislation
Spanning criminals, prisons and the Metropolitan Police, find out about London’s laws and its lawbreakers in our objects, stories and blogs.
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From avoiding the gallows, to leading a mutiny
What happened to convicts who were transported to penal colonies instead of being executed?
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London’s dark public execution history in 5 objects
A look at 700 years of public executions in London through five objects
Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
The Sidney Street siege: An East End shootout
A tale of revolutionaries, murder and Winston Churchill
