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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-19-3
Deodands — Benefit of clergy — Petit treason
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.
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