resulting from the reckless use of a lethal weapon
in furtherance of robbery.
In the light of the strong feelings expressed in
the recent Parliamentary debate on the death penalty
and in view of the likely imminent abolition of the
penalty in Northern Ireland, Sir Alec Douglas-Home
thinks that he must now consider with his colleagues
whether the death penalty can be retained in Hong
Kong, a territory where the legislature is not and
cannot be elected. In all these circumstances
therefore Sir Alec Douglas-Home advises that
Your Majesty should accept the petition of the prisoner
a nd that the sentence should be commuted to one of
20 years imprisonment.
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