RED RUSSIA.
PRISONS OVERCROWDED, ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. REJECTED BY THE DUMA. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received June 4, 9.5 a.m. ST. PETERSBURG, June 3. Prince Kuropotkin states that Russians prisons reported to be capable of holding 90,000 persons, now hold 181,000. The Duma has rejected a Bill abolishing capital punishment, on the ground that courtsmartial can order executions outside the Duma's competence.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3207, 5 June 1909, Page 5
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65RED RUSSIA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3207, 5 June 1909, Page 5
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