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Overview of crime in Rhode Island, U.S.
In 2019, there were 25 murders, 491 rapes, 418 robberies, and 2,321 burglaries reported in the
U.S. state
of
Rhode Island
.
[1]
Capital punishment laws
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Capital punishment
is not applied in this state.
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History
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The first formal law system in Rhode Island was established in 1647,
[3]
which created a
code
, which was based on the English criminal code, but could also be changed to the likings of the colonists.
[4]
According to this, each person was disallowed from Murder,
Witchcraft
, Burglary, Theft,
Fornication
, and
High Treason
,
[5]
the latter requiring being sent to trial in England, and the rest being punishable by imprisonment.
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