Executed at Dawn by David Johnson

Author:David Johnson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780750965521
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2015-07-03T16:00:00+00:00

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From 1915 onwards, uncomfortable questions about the army’s use of the death penalty began to be asked in Parliament. In 1915, Under Secretary of State for War Harold Tennant, in answer to a direct question, confirmed that executions had taken place, but in July of that year he refused to confirm the number of death sentences passed, on the grounds that it would not be in the public interest. Over the subsequent years the questions were to continue.

In 1919, the army showed that it was aware of the public mood and the likely consequences for its ability to retain the death penalty, as evidenced in the following extract from Public Record Office file ‘WO32/5479 Suspension of the Death Penalty: 1918–19’:

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