Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868
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The Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c.24) received Royal Assent on 29 May 1868, putting an end to public executions for murder in the United Kingdom. The act required that all prisoners sentenced to death for murder be executed within the walls of the prison in which they were being held, and that their bodies be buried in the prison grounds. It was prompted at least in part by the efforts of reformers such as Sir Robert Peel and Charles Dickens, who called in the national press for an end to the "grotesque spectacle" of public executions. Abolition of public executions was one of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Capital Punishment 1864-1866. A similar measure, the Capital Punishment within Prisons Bill, had been introduced in 1867, but failed for lack of
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Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c.24) gokdkänndes den 29 maj 1868, och innebar slutet på offentliga avrättningar i Storbritannien. I fortsättningen skulle alla dödsdömda avrättas innanför fängelsemurarna,och deras kroppar begravas på fängelsegården. Beslutet togs efter initiativ av bland andra Sir Robert Peel och Charles Dickens, som i nationell press begärt ett slut på offentliga avrättningar. Avskaffandet av offentliga avrättningar rekommenderades även av . Redan 1867 hade Capital Punishment within Prisons Bill lagts fram, men röstats ned.
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Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868
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An Act to provide for carrying out of Capital Punishment within Prisons.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868
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The Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c.24) received Royal Assent on 29 May 1868, putting an end to public executions for murder in the United Kingdom. The act required that all prisoners sentenced to death for murder be executed within the walls of the prison in which they were being held, and that their bodies be buried in the prison grounds. It was prompted at least in part by the efforts of reformers such as Sir Robert Peel and Charles Dickens, who called in the national press for an end to the "grotesque spectacle" of public executions. Abolition of public executions was one of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Capital Punishment 1864-1866. A similar measure, the Capital Punishment within Prisons Bill, had been introduced in 1867, but failed for lack of parliamentary time. The first execution under the new law was carried out by William Calcraft on 13 August 1868 at Maidstone Gaol; 18-year-old Thomas Wells was hanged for the murder of Edward Walshe, the stationmaster at Dover Priory railway station. Calcraft had previously carried out the last public execution in the UK, when he hanged the Fenian Michael Barrett in front of Newgate Prison on 26 May 1868 for his part in the 1867 Clerkenwell Outrage.
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Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c.24) gokdkänndes den 29 maj 1868, och innebar slutet på offentliga avrättningar i Storbritannien. I fortsättningen skulle alla dödsdömda avrättas innanför fängelsemurarna,och deras kroppar begravas på fängelsegården. Beslutet togs efter initiativ av bland andra Sir Robert Peel och Charles Dickens, som i nationell press begärt ett slut på offentliga avrättningar. Avskaffandet av offentliga avrättningar rekommenderades även av . Redan 1867 hade Capital Punishment within Prisons Bill lagts fram, men röstats ned. Den första avrättningen under de nya bestämmelserna genomfördes av den 13 augusti 1868 i ; 18-årige Wells hängdes för mordet på Edward Walshe, stationsmästare vid . William Calcraft hade tidigare genomfört den sista offentliga avrättningen i Storbritannien, Då han hängde från vid Newgatefängelset den 26 maj för sin medverkan 1867 i Clerkenwellexplosionen. Den långa titeln var "An Act to provide for carrying out of Capital Punishment within Prisons". Liberalen John Stuart Mill höll ett passionerat tal i underhuset (En diktering finns tillgänglig på Youtube) där han motsatte sig att avskaffa dödsstraffet för mord, ett förslag som presenterats till mycket begränsat stöd. En motsvarande lag genomdrevs först 1965 och gäller än idag.
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