CONFIDENTIAL
042760
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HAMILTON
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 017
OF 311335Z JANUARY 89
- لبا:
FOR WIAD CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
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380/
1980
MDLIAN 3016
OF COPY
1 THE PREMIER HAS STATED PUBLICLY THAT HE IS CONSIDERING INTRODUCING THE DEATH SENTENCE FOR SERIOUS OFFENCES OF DRUG TRAFFICKING. THE MINISTER OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS HAS SAID SHE IS IN FAVOUR OF THE DEATH SENTENCE IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES. SHE IS, OF COURSE, A MEMBER OF MY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE PREROGATIVE OF MERCY. THESE STATEMENTS REPORTED IN THE PRESS WERE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CURRENT GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
2.
I SHOULD BE GLAD TO KNOW WHAT VIEW YOU WOULD TAKE OF SUCH AN EXTENSION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF CAPITAL PUNSIHMENT PARTICULARLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE 1982/83 REDUCTION OF THIS AS A MANDATORY SENTENCE FOR ALL MURDER TO PREMEDITATED MURDER ONLY.
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