Download Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war

Article III, Section 3: Treason
1:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against
them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No
person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two
witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Basically, treason is the only crime that is actually defined specifically in the
Constitution. The criteria for treason conviction cannot be changed in any ways
whatsoever, and for one to be convicted of treason, two witnesses must give a
testimony to the same conspicuous act, or if the offender makes a confession in
court.
2:
The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but
no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture
except during the life of the person attainted.
Often based on the level of treason itself, Congress can determine a wide range of
penalties for treason. They are from a minimum of 5 years in prison, and a $10,000
fine, and a maximum of the death penalty. No one convicted of treason has been
executed in the United States, although a few have been condemned to death, like
Daniel Shays, the farmer whom led a rebellion, and was afterwards convicted of
treason and put onto death row. However, he was eventually pardoned.