LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Derek Bentley postumous appeal

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:04:40

Description

Interview with Iris Bentley, brother of Derek Bentley who was hanged for murder in 1953. On the success of her appeal to get the case reheard to get an official posthumous pardon; what they have gone through to get this appeal; why the Home Office has been so opposed to the pardon; the film Let Him Have It and other publicity; and hopes for appeal’s outcome. Interview by Angela (Rippon?)

Contributors

Iris Bentley; Angela Rippon?

Keywords

Death penalty; Homicide; Hanging; Films; Legal decisions; Pardons (procedures); Derek Bentley; Appeals; Let Him Have It

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