Hanging in the balance : a history of the abolition of capital punishment in Britain / Brian P. Block, John Hostettler ; with a foreword by Lord Callaghan of Cardiff.
1997
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Title
Hanging in the balance : a history of the abolition of capital punishment in Britain / Brian P. Block, John Hostettler ; with a foreword by Lord Callaghan of Cardiff.
Published
Winchester [England] : Waterside Press, 1997.
Call Number
KD7885.C3 B56 1997
ISBN
1872870473
Description
288 pages ; 22 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)38558010
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278) and index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword / Lord Callaghan
7
Preface
11
1
Capital Crimes
18
2
Gruesome Scenes
28
3
Moves to Minimise Capital Punishment
41
4
Rush to Reform
51
5
Executions in Private
59
6
Abolition of Public Hangings
69
7
The Campaign at Bay
76
8
Towards a Select Committee
85
9
Peace and War
97
10
The Silverman Amendment
102
11
The Royal Commission
127
12
Trials and Tribulations
137
13
A Quiet Report
159
14
Another Victory: Another Defeat
170
15
The Homicide Act 1957
186
16
Confusion
199
17
The Trend Towards Abolition
216
18
Abolition
233
19
The End of the Rope
252
Afterword
270
App. I
Milestones to Abolition
271
App. II
Prime Ministers from 1800 to 1970
273
App. III
Home Secretaries from 1800 to 1970
275
Bibliography
277
Index
279