Capital Punishment: Material Relating to Its Purpose and ValueThis paper highlights arguments put forward in support of the retention or the abolition of the death penalty. Appendices to the report include crime indices, homicide statistics, execution and death sentence statistics, extracts from reports and relevant sections of Canada's criminal code defining and classifying murder. |
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Chapter III of 1956 Report of Joint Committee Canadian Senate | 54 |
Extracts from the Summary of the 1961 U K Home Office | 69 |
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abolish capital punishment abolished the death abolition of capital abolitionist accused Appendix argument Arthur Koestler Canada Canadian capital crimes capital murder capital punishment cent Commission on Capital Commuted Commuted conclusion condemned person convicted of capital countries crimes of violence Criminal Code death penalty deterrent effect diminished responsibility effect of capital effective deterrent evidence Executed Commuted F M F favour figures Homicide Act HOMICIDE ACT 1957 homicide death rates homicide rates House of Commons human imprisonment included increase independent psychiatrist's report innocent person JOHN EDGAR HOOVER jury law enforcement manslaughter ment mentally abnormal moral murder rate murders known North Dakota number of executions number of murders offence paragraph peine capitale Penal penalty of death percent period prison professional criminals retentionist retribution Revolver Robbery Royal Commission sentenced to death social society Staff Report statistics Table tion Total Uniform Crime Reports unique deterrent United Kingdom victim XX XX XX Yes Yes York