Crime & Legislation
Spanning criminals, prisons and the Metropolitan Police, find out about London’s laws and its lawbreakers in our objects, stories and blogs.
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Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
Jack Sheppard: An 18th-century working class hero
How one young criminal became a working class hero by escaping London prisons four times.
Collections
Collections
London’s dark public execution history in 5 objects
A look at 700 years of public executions in London through five objects
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
The Zong Massacre Trial
The appalling case of 130 enslaved Africans murdered for an insurance claim
