Social Developments: Abolition of the Death Penalty and Prison Reform Flashcards
What act did the conservatives put in place to result in less executions? What year?
Homicide Act, 1957
What were the limitations of the Conservative Homicide Act?
It only distinguished which crimes were punishable by execution or a life sentence
Who introduced the Death Penalty Abolition bill? What was their position in Labour?
Sidney Silverman, A Labour Backbench MP
When was the Death Penalty Abolition Act proposed?
1965
What did the Conservatives try and do with the Death Penalty bill?
They tried to stall its progress
How did the conservatives try to stall the Bill’s progress?
Trying to get the Bill to be debated in the whole of The House of Commons
When did the final debate happen on the Death Penalty Abolition Bill?
1969
What was the main subject of the final debate?
How lots of high profile murderers had got off without a death penalty
What is a murder case where the killers did not get the death penalty?
Moors Murders
What did public opinion polls show about support for hanging?
Support for hanging never went below 60%
What did the support for hanging increase to after the Moors Murders?
80%
How many MPs voted for the Death Penalty to be abolished?
350
When was the Death Penalty Act put in place?
1969
What was the name of Jenkins’ Act to help prisoner treatment? What year was it put in place?
Criminal Justice Act 1967
How did Jenkins’ Act encourage to happen with prisoners?
Encourage rehabilitation
