The Death Penalty
Sir—l notice that the official Labour candidate for Westland is apparently unable to make up his mind as to whether the death penalty should or should not be re-imposed in cases of conviction for wilful murder. i In recent years there have been many ' cases of brutal murder in New ZeaGand, some of them still unsolved, but lin all instances the murderer knows I that even if convicted he will get off I with nothing more than a prison sen- ! fence, with, may be, release a few years later. Though the victims are often women or girls, the present Government seems unable or unwilling to face the situation in a realistic manner. As a mother this, to me, is distressing, and I for one do not intend to give my vote to Mr Kent while he maintains his present attitude on the vital question of capital punishment. —Yours etc. FACE THE ISSUE Faroa, November 11.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 November 1949, Page 4
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