| Description | Death Sentences Procedure.
File relating to death sentences, 18 April 1944. Contains:
Returns of persons sentenced to death from 1 February 1932-17 June 1937, from 1 April 1922-31 January 1932
Correspondence relating to proposal by Senator Robinson to introduce a bill in the Seanad for the abolition of capital punishment
Copy of report of the Committee appointed to consider and report on the law and practise relating to capital punishment, contains legislation that Infanticide should be dealt with in terms of manslaughter, concealment of birth, and or insanity
Copy of proposed legislation to amend the law relating to insanity as a defence to criminal charges and infanticide
Copy of minutes of Executive Council decision that in the case of a person found guilty on a charge of murder in the case of infanticide, the Minister for Justice might order the release either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as the Minister might think fit, etc.' |
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