Ambivalent Abolitionism in the 1920s: New South Wales, Australia
In the former penal colony of New South Wales (NSW), a Labor government attempted what its counterpart in Queensland had achieved in 1922: the abolition of the death penalty. Although NSW’s unelected Legislative Council scuttled Labor’s 1925 bill, the party’s prevarication over capital punishment an...
| Published in: | International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Queensland University of Technology
2022-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view/2474 |