A DYING MAN
AMERY MAY NOT BE EXECUTED (Rec. 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 2. The execution of John Amery has been provisionally fixed for December 19, but the execution may not take place because Amery is in the last stages of tuberculosis. It is not customary in Britain to execute a dying man, and prison doctors confirm that the disease is so developed that Amery’s life can be measured by months. The Home Secretary reviews every death sentence, and it is within _ his province to advise the King to reprieve even without a petition or outside pressure. ; .. It is reported that the doctors limit Amery’s life to' nine months at the most.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 45, 3 December 1945, Page 4
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