num_pages: 505
description: The Commission was charged with considering "whether liability under the criminal law of Great Britain to suffer capital punishment for murder should be limited or modified." Its extensive report is in three I--Limitation or modification of the liability to suffer capital punishment; II--The alternative to capital punishment; III--Methods of execution. Sixteen appendices provide substantial corroborative information.
language: English
title: Report: Presented to Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, September 1953
titlecomplete: Report: Presented to Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, September 1953
publisher: Greenwood Pub Group