Parliament abolished the offence of sedition and seditious libel in 2009. They were prominent Filipino priests charged with treason and sedition. While laws against treason, sedition, etc. This was a common tactic in cases involving treason or sedition. Walker was arrested on four federal charges, including sedition and insurrection against the United States. He was court-martialed and found guilty of mutiny and sedition. I gave rise to several important free speech cases related to sedition and inciting violence. An arrest warrant was issued for that speech on grounds of sedition and slander. Bill 2004 allowed prison terms for defamation and sedition. Subsequently, several leaders were arrested and imprisoned on charges of "sedition" and "rebellion". Various scholars have argued that the target was obscenity, libel, or sedition. Jefferson pardoned several of those imprisoned under the Alien and Sedition Acts. In 1817 he privately proposed penal transportation for those guilty of "libel" or "sedition". All seven men were arrested and indicted on charges of sedition. I by means of the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918.