DSR 11C
petitions to the Crown and other
pressures on the Secretary
But there are
come tates Canad Objections to achieving this rower otherwise than by way дведовойти It would bas unconsttakmic
for Ho Soam Gay of state, wher guin of exorcising the Comma prerogation, in effect to suegrand
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จ
g.
the DOT's
providin
for capiked punishment.
Accordingly
de porters from
H. Grasferte
Jones practis,
of State than have hitherto been experienced.
12. There would seem to be little object in
departing from the Creech-Jones practice unless as a result
the Secretary of State found himself free to commute the
death sentence in every case so as
to
effectively abolish
B
or suspend capital punishment in the DOTS concerned
1
e. the Secretary of State
strie would be bound to consider each case as it arose on its
merits, and decide in the light of all relevant
circumstances whether or not to advise the Crown to commute.
It is very unlikely that the Governor concerned, in deciding
that the law should take its course, would have overlooked
any relevant circumstange am, even if he had done so, he
would speedily review his own decision when that
circumstance was brought to his notice.
15.
am a Continuée,
Thus a departure from the Creech-Jones practice should
not, in principle, produce any different number of commuted
cases than would result the present practice. (As
(in any ern respects the Associated States, there is no scope for a
new practice since their Governments have been given an
undertaking that the Crown will not be advised to interfere
with the local decision concerning the exercise of the delegated prerogative of mercy) Ein faet no executione have
been carried out in the Ascociated States since they were
established, but this is not due to "ny intervention from
It may be argued that a caperturay the Holy poised from Creech-Jones would
Practice
enable the Secretary of State to take into account,
when considering each case, the fact that the death penalty
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