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Attainders declare someone a criminal, Pains and Penalties, merely can deny someone\'s property. Also, according to Wikipedia, in 1870, Attainders ceased to become part of criminal punishment, so I don\'t see how they could have applied to Fred Goodwin. Likewise, they were rarely used after the end of the seventeenth century, and there is no record (that I know of), of them being used in the build up to the American Declaration of Independence.
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Attainders declare someone a criminal, Pains and Penalties, merely can . Also, according to Wikipedia, in 1870, Attainders ceased to become part of criminal punishment, so I don\\\'t see how they could have applied to Fred Goodwin. Likewise, they were rarely used after the end of the seventeenth century (most were used for people who had fled the country or died prior to arrest), and there is no record (that I know of), of them being used in the build up to the American Declaration of Independence.
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Attainders declare someone a criminal, Pains and Penalties, merely can deny someone\'s property. Also, according to Wikipedia, in 1870, Attainders ceased to become part of criminal punishment, so I don\'t see how they could have applied to either the Declaration of Independence or Fred Goodwin.
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Attainders declare someone a criminal, Pains and Penalties, merely can deny someone\\\'s property. Also, according to Wikipedia, in 1870, Attainders ceased to become part of criminal punishment, so I don\\\'t see how they could have applied to Fred Goodwin. Likewise, they were rarely used after the end of the seventeenth century, and there is no record (that I know of), of them being used in the build up to the American Declaration of Independence.
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It technically refers to a Bill of Pains and Penalties, which is not technically an attainder.
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It refers to a Bill of Pains and Penalties, which is not technically an attainder.
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