Capital punishment - Michael Harris view
- Title
- Capital punishment - Michael Harris view
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 12 Jul 1983
- Year of production
- 1983
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- Duration
- 00:01:59
- Description
- Telephone interview with Michael Harris, former Under Sheriff of London and the last surviving supervisor of executions in Britain, on capital punishment and his experience of attending hangings, prior to a House of Commons vote on the issue. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Michael Harris
- Keywords
- Legal procedure; Death penalty; Homicide; Penal sanctions; Imprisonment; Executions; Hangings; Michael Harris
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