Crime in Rhode Island
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In 2019, there were 25 murders, 491 rapes, 418 robberies, and 2,321 burglaries reported in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.{{Cite web|url=http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/ricrime.htm|title = Rhode Island Crime Rates 1960 to 2019}}
Capital punishment laws
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Capital punishment is not applied in this state.{{Cite web|url=http://www.religioustolerance.org/execut3.htm|title=Facts about capital punishment - the death penalty}}
History
The first formal law system in Rhode Island was established in 1647,{{Cite web |last=Staples |first=William |date=1853 |title=History of the Criminal Law of Rhode Island |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/56384224.pdf |website=HELIN State Law Library}} which created a code, which was based on the English criminal code, but could also be changed to the likings of the colonists. According to this, each person was disallowed from Murder, Witchcraft, Burglary, Theft, Fornication, and High Treason, the latter requiring being sent to trial in England, and the rest being punishable by imprisonment.