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People were hanged for many crimes. For lesser crimes, especially theological ones, they could be sentenced to perform public penance. Traitors were hung, drawn and quartered, or sometimes beheaded. If you failed to pay your debts, you could be put in jail. People were also put in jail for other things--like putting on a play that offended the monarch.

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