DEATH PENALTY ESCAPED
<fc> SORRY RECORD OF NEW YORK AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION ELECT ROOU'TTON DAW ’S FAILURE f United press Association—By FJev.rio Telegraph Copyright.) Received 10.45 a.rn. to-day. NEW YORK, Dec. US. In: all .370 have 'been slbim in Neiw York city since January 1 of the present year and not a single criminal has .paid the death penalty. This situation is unprecedented in 44 years since the lav prescribed electrocution and! illustrates how comjplctely the law lias broken down.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAWST19301219.2.37
Bibliographic details
Hawera Star, Volume L, 19 December 1930, Page 5
Word Count
80DEATH PENALTY ESCAPED Hawera Star, Volume L, 19 December 1930, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hawera Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.