meet the genuine feelings of the community,
which
clearly sees this issue as a test of the determination
of the Government to tackle violent crime with
determination.
In future, whenever he commutes a death
penalty, the Governor will impose the alternative
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punishment of life imprisonment, unless, in
exceptional circumstances, he feels able to accept
advice from Executive Council that a lesser sentence.
should be imposed.
The only exception which might be made
to this principle. is where, after any long period of imprisonment, strong humanitarian considerations might have emerged such as would justify the earlier release of a particular offender.
Security Branch
Government Secretariat.
27th July 1981
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