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  1. Carter’s Vietnam pardon for draft dodgers and deserters (1976)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Unidentified Vietnam war veteran talking about Senator Jimmy Carter’s proposed amnesty for draft dodgers and deserters. Volume level very low.

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  2. Labour amnesty bill (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Interview

    Peter Spencer reports on proposals advocated by Labour MP Tony Benn for the Labour Party to introduce an amnesty bill for local councillors who are penalised under legislation introduced under Conservative...

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  3. Patrick Meehan on royal pardon (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Patrick Meehan on the events surrounding his conviction for murder, and subsequent royal pardon. (Scottish) male interviewer not identified.

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  4. Bentley hanging anniversary and family’s campaign (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the 30th anniversary of 19-year-old Derek Bentley’s hanging in Wandsworth Prison for the murder of a policeman, and the family’s continuing campaign to get him a posthumous pardon. Includes...

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  5. Douglas-Home seeks pardon for court martial (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Rodney Bennett reports on the attempt by William Douglas-Home to seek a royal pardon for being court-martialled and imprisoned during World War II for disobeying commands when part of a force ordered to take...

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  6. Ronnie Biggs plea (1988)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    John Cookson reports on attempts to gain a royal pardon for Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs. Includes interview with Ronnie Biggs; press interview with Michael Biggs, son who has flown to the UK to plead...

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  7. Iris Bentley fights for her brother’s pardon (1992)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Iris Bentley, sister of Derek Bentley, who was hanged for his part in the murder of a policeman 39 years ago today. She is seeking a posthumous pardon for her brother, and calls on Home...

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  8. Sister of Derek Bentley awaits outcome of appeal (1992)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Iris Bentley who is seeking a posthumous pardon for her brother Derek Bentley, who was hanged for his part in the murder of a policeman in 1953. She is awaiting Home Secretary Kenneth...

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  9. Iris Bentley on pardon for brother Derek (1992)

    Genre
    Interview

    James Bays interviews Iris Bentley, sister of Derek Bentley who was hanged on 28/01/53 for the murder of PC Sidney Miles. More than one hundred and fifty MPs have signed a Commons motion calling for his...

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  10. No pardon for Derek Bentley (1992)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Home Secretary, Kenneth Clarke rejects calls for a posthumous pardon for Derek Bentley, saying that the jury had evidence to support the conviction. Bentley was hanged forty years ago for murdering a police...

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