Title 12 · RI
Title 12Criminal Procedure
Citation: R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-19-3
Section: 12-19-3
Title 12Criminal Procedure
Chapter 19Sentence and Execution
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-19-3
§ 12-19-3. Deodands â Benefit of clergy â Petit treason.
Deodands, the plea of the benefit of clergy, and the distinction between petit treason and murder, are abolished. Petit treason shall be prosecuted and punished as murder.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 32; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 32; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 50; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 50; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 51; G.L. 1956, § 12-19-3.