CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
DEAN INGE'S PROPOSAL SALVATION ARMY LEADER'S VIEW. (By Cable— Prw* Association—Copyright.) (Amtralisn tod tf.2. C»Ua Aajocittlon.) (Received November 6th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 5. Dean Inge publicly stated that a revolver and a cup of poison should be placed in the cell of every condemned criminal. "We get rid of malefactors for the same reason as we shoot mad dogs," he said, "but wo have no right to humiliate them unnecessarily." Mrs Bramwell Booth in an interview declared that Dean Inge's suggestion was horrible. "A man has the right to dio voluntarily for a great cause aB Christ died, but thia does not apply to criminals condemned to death. It has been the privilege of the Salvation Army to deal with many murderers and make their shameful death as happy as any Christian can experience. We have found again and again, that, having received an assurance of God's forgiveness, paying the penalty of his (Time was a light matter for the condemned man."
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17296, 7 November 1921, Page 7
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