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Until 1998, treason was an hanging offense in Britain, and although IRA member were convicted for murder and various violent offense, none was indicted for Treason even though some lawyers might argue they were waging war against the Queen in her realm, as Mssrs Justice Donaldson and Bridge infamously remarked in the end of the Guildford Four, the Maguire Seven and the Birmingham Six Trials.

So, why did the Treason Act 1351 wasn't invoked against IRA members, even under Thatcher, and would the situation in Northern Ireland be more tense after it?
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