Opinions on capital punishment
- Title
- Opinions on capital punishment
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 13 Jul 1983
- Year of production
- 1983
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- Duration
- 00:04:16
- Description
- Tim Crook reports on the debate on whether to bring back the death penalty in the UK with an examination of opinions of police and relatives of victims and murderers. Speaking are: Jack and Doreen Hill, parents of the Yorkshire Ripper - Peter Sutcliffe’s - last victim. Jacqueline Hill; Mary Hanratty, mother of hanged murderer James Hanratty. The clip is part of a series on capital punishment broadcast prior to a House of Commons vote on the issue.
- Contributors
- Tim Crook; Doreen Hill; Jack Hill; Mary Hanratty
- Keywords
- Legal procedure; Death penalty; Police; Homicide; Murderers; Penal sanctions; Yorkshire Ripper; Peter Sutcliffe; Hanging; Criminals; Imprisonment; Policemen; Victims of crime; Sentencing policy; Jacqueline Hill; James Hanratty
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