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Hanging in the balance:

a history of the abolition of capital punishment in Britain
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Waterside Press, 1997 - Law - 288 pages
The definitive account of the long road to abolition in the UK by two highly respected commentators - a classic of the genre.
  

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Hanging in the Balance CONTENTS Foreword by Lord Callaghan
11
Capital Crimes
18
Gruesome Scenes
28
Moves to Minimise Capital Punishment
41
Rush to Reform
51
Executions in Private
59
Abolition of Public Hangings
69
The Campaign at Bay
76
Another Defeat 270
170
The Homicide Act 1957
186
Confusion 299
199
The Trend Towards Abolition
216
Abolition
233
The End of the Rope
252
Afterword
270
Milestones to Abolition
271

Towards a Select Committee
85
Peace and War
97
The Silverman Amendment 202
102
The Royal Commission
127
Trials and Tribulations 237
137
A Quiet Report
159
Prime Ministers from 1800 to 1970
273
Home Secretaries from 1800 to 1970
275
Bibliography
277
Index
279
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