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DEATH PENALTY
1. For the purposes of discussion with the Governor early next month it would be helpful to have statistics
since 1960 on the following:
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Copies to :-
(a) The incidence of capital crimes in Hong Kong; (b) The number of persons sentenced to death; (c) The number of death sentences which have been
commuted;
(d) Details of alternative penalties including
lengths of sentences, imposed and actually served.
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