GKY Cachalia Esq 14 Brussels Road.
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- 9DEC 1977
DESK OFFIC
INDEX
No
10. 51
EGISTRY
stion Takon
EL
233 4381
HKG 380/1
8 December 1977
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I have been asked to reply to your recent letter to the Secretary of State about the executions in Bermuda.
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The administration of justice in Bermuda is an internal matter proper to the Bermudian Government. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs does not intervene in a particular case of capital punishment unless he has grounds to believe that a serious miscarriage of justice might take place. the cases of the two convicted murderers, Eurrows and Tacklyn, the Secretary of State considered carefully all aspects of the process leading to the final confirmation of the death sentences, but could find no evidence to suggest that a miscarriage of justice had occured.
You will by now be aware that the executions were carried out in Bermuda on 2 Lecember.
You may also have seen that Dr Owen told Parliament on 5 December that he was prepared to review the question of capital punishment in the Lependent Territories.
WE Quantrill
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