I'm pretty sure it was only murder by magic that got a death sentence. According to TH, using vampire tricks, witchcraft, or telepathy to gain information is illegal, but she never mentioned the actual penalty.
(It still pisses me off the the cow was trying to threaten Sampson for using mermaid tricks to get info. Sampson, who is one of the few nice people left in the books. And he hadn't hurt anyone! How many times has she done far worse? Gah, the hypocrisy makes me see red!)
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Date: 2008-01-02 01:35 pm (UTC)(It still pisses me off the the cow was trying to threaten Sampson for using mermaid tricks to get info. Sampson, who is one of the few nice people left in the books. And he hadn't hurt anyone! How many times has she done far worse? Gah, the hypocrisy makes me see red!)