
Hanging in the Balance
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Content
- Intro
- About the authors
- Copyright and publication details
- CONTENTS
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. Capital Crimes
- 2. Gruesome Scenes
- 3. Moves To Minimise Capital Punishment
- 4. Rush To Reform
- 5. Executions in Private
- 6. Abolition of Public Hangings
- 7. The Campaign at Bay
- 8. Towards a Select Committee
- 9. Peace and War
- 10. The Silverman Amendment
- 11. The Royal Commission
- 12. Trials and Tribulations
- 13. A Quiet Report
- 14. Another Victory: Another Defeat
- 15. The Homicide Act 1957
- 16. Confusion
- 17. The Trend Towards Abolition
- 18. Abolition
- 19. The End of the Rope
- Afterword
- APPENDIX I: Milestones to Abolition
- APPENDIX II: Prime Ministers from 1800 to 1970
- APPENDIX III: Home Secretaries from 1800 to 1970
- Select Bibliography
- Index
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