Comments on: Miscarriage(s) of Justice? (2) http://stingsfromthewild.com/2009/02/miscarriages-of-justice-2/ Second Generation Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:13:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Louise http://stingsfromthewild.com/2009/02/miscarriages-of-justice-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Louise Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:36:08 +0000 http://stingsfromthewild.com/?p=53#comment-5 Albert Pierrepoint did indeed write those words in his autobiography, but two years later in 1976, he said in a BBC radio interview that although 'he had meant what he said at the time', now he didn't know what to think about capital punishment because the crime rate had 'gone up' since he wrote those words. He also said that when he read about a particular sort of murder in the newspapers his reaction was 'I could go again' meaning to hang the perpetrator. So Pierrepoint seemed to have 'mixed feelings' about the subject and it can not be taken as correct that he was definitely against the death penalty. Albert Pierrepoint did indeed write those words in his autobiography, but two years later in 1976, he said in a BBC radio interview that although ‘he had meant what he said at the time’, now he didn’t know what to think about capital punishment because the crime rate had ‘gone up’ since he wrote those words. He also said that when he read about a particular sort of murder in the newspapers his reaction was ‘I could go again’ meaning to hang the perpetrator. So Pierrepoint seemed to have ‘mixed feelings’ about the subject and it can not be taken as correct that he was definitely against the death penalty.

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