A HANGING COUNTRY.
Great Britain, a London contemporary remarks, is above all others, a hanging country This is shown by some opportune leaflets containing official statistics and reports circulated by the Howard Association. From these papors it is ascertained that during the decade 1879-1888 inclusive, 145 of 299 persons conderamed to death were hangedj the number including nine women. Iv Italy no execu- ] tions have taken place since 1876 ; in , Belguim none since 1863 ; in Holland, , noue since 1860 ; in Portugal none j since 1843. In Germany and Austria « capital punishment is still in force, ( but ie is resorted to with the utmost i reluctance. France might almost be i placed in the same category, for of j 683 persons arraigned for capital 1
crimes in 1887 (the latest return avail- (i( i able), only 28 were condemned to j < death, and of theso only six were ] oxecuted. '
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Evening Post, Volume XL, Issue 11, 12 July 1890, Page 2 (Supplement)
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148A HANGING COUNTRY. Evening Post, Volume XL, Issue 11, 12 July 1890, Page 2 (Supplement)
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