Arguments against capital punishment

Title

Arguments against capital punishment

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

12 Jul 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:51

Description

Tim Crook reports on the arguments against capital punishment. With comment from barrister Tom Culver who has been involved in US cases; examples of cases which saw the convicted hanged (readers not identified); excerpt from ITN report on conviction and execution of James Hanratty in 1962. The clip is part of a series on capital punishment broadcast prior to a House of Commons vote on the issue.

Contributors

Tim Crook; Tom Culver

Keywords

Legal procedure; Death penalty; Homicide; Penal sanctions; Hanging; Imprisonment; Conviction; Judges; Verdicts; Miscarriages of justice; Sentencing policy; James Hanratty

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