TNAG-0931-FCO40-1149-Capital-punishment-in-the-Dependent-Territories-1980 — Page 37

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CODE 18-77

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Miss Brett-

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Reference

HK 6-380/2

Rassy. V REGSHY NO. 51 - 7 JAN 1981

CARCER

PA

BBR

PEGISTRY

on Takor

48.

Capital Punishment

18/12.

I have only two comments:·

a)

b)

End of paragraph 4 of draft letter. If HM were to exercise the residual prerogative and over-ride a local decision, I doubt if this would be either

'unconstitutional or amount to de facto abolition' (unless it was exercised in every case).

Mr Rushford will comment on this.

Perhaps

Paragraph 5 of letter. Was the TCI man 'charged with manslaughter or charged with murder but con- victed of manslaughter? Perhaps this could be checked.

4.4. Lallan

W W Wallace

West Indian and Atlantic Department

16 December 1980 G123/3

mo Rushford

233 4569

look at the papers.

You Rindly agreed to

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