Derek Bentley pardon legal ruling
- Title
- Derek Bentley pardon legal ruling
- Genre
- Press conference
- TX Date
- 7 Jul 1993
- Year of production
- 1993
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- Duration
- 00:01:21
- Description
- Press interview with Iris Bentley on the High Court ruling former Home Secretary Kenneth Baker erred in law in not giving her brother Derek Bentley a posthumous pardon. Bentley was hanged for murder of a policeman in 1953.
- Contributors
- Iris Bentley
- Keywords
- Death penalty; Homicide; Legal decisions; Pardons (procedures); Derek Bentley; Kenneth Baker; High courts; Hangings
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LBC/IRN, "Derek Bentley pardon legal ruling". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0003800362014 (Accessed 07 Jun 2025)