Was Sir Walter Raleigh convicted by King James and beheaded convicted of the wrong crime?
Here is what Wikipedia says about the final year’s of Raleigh’s life: From 1600 to 1603, Raleigh was the Governor of the Channel Island of Jersey, and he was responsible for modernizing the defenses of the island. He named the new fortress protecting the approaches to Saint Helier Fort Isabella Bellissima — or, in the less ebullient English version, Elizabeth Castle.
