THE DEATH PENALTY.
“ It, should not ho necessary in Iho first instiUH'O to abolish tho doatli poiuilty 1> v lu"'. Tho TTouso of Commons might pass a resolution desiring tho Homo Secretary to reprieve in all cassos of death sentences. (About one-half are reprieved already). It could then he seen, over a period of years, whether in fact any unsatisfactory results followed. Tf they did. the resolution could he repealed and the present practice restored. Tf they did not, the further step could’ he taken and the penalty abolished by law. But for my own part I cannot believe that the most civilised nations will, for all time, meet grave crime by the forfeiture of life. In the eighteenth century there were in this country 200 crimes punishable by death. The list has been gradually reduced to the smallest proportions. Always there have been prophecies that a milder code would create more ruthless and more numerous criminals. Always the result has been the opposite.”—Sir Herbert Samuel.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1928, Page 7
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166THE DEATH PENALTY. Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1928, Page 7
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