A BILL TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY UNDER ALL LAWS
OF THE UNITED STATES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

39-394 O

MARCH 20, 21, AND JULY 2, 1968

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1970

JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas, Chairman

ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska
HUGH SCOTT, Pennsylvania
STROM THURMOND, South Carolina

CONTENTS

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Text of S. 1760_

"In Cold Blood," editorial, Washington Post, March 20, 1968..

DiSalle, Hon. Michael V., former Governor, State of Ohio, chairman,

National Committee To Abolish the Federal Death Penalty-

Duffy, Clinton T., former warden at San Quentin_

Bennett, James V., former Director, Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department

of Justice.__.

Lyons, Douglas, chairman, Citizens Against Legalized Murder.

Hale, Rev. Phale D., member of Ohio House of Representatives.

Williams, Hon. G. Mennen, former Governor, State of Michigan

Radzinowicz, Prof. Leon Wolfson, professor of criminology and director,

Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge__

Hansen, Philip, attorney general of the State of Utah..

Sellin, Prof. Thorsten, emeritus professor of sociology, University of

Pennsylvania_

Clark, Hon. Ramsey, the Attorney General of the United States.

Speiser, Lawrence, director, Washington office, American Civil Liberties

Union___

McKeldin, Hon. Theodore R., former Governor, State of Maryland_

104

Moors, William R., associate minister, Cedar Lane Presbyterian Church,

Bethesda, Md..

106

Unitarian statement..

111

Rosenblum, Frank, Amalgamated Clothing Workers..

111

Samueson, Dr. Glenn W., associate professor of sociology, West Chester

State College, West Chester, Pa..

112

Sheedy, Rev. Charles E., University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind__

Wagner, Paul A., on behalf of International Union UAW..

120

122

West, Dr. Louis Jolyon, Department of Psychiatry, University of Okla-

homa Medical Center.

123

Burns, Hon. John A., Governor of the State of Hawaii

"Capital Punishment," a study report issued by the board of social
ministry, Lutheran Church of America___

200

"High Cost of Death," Renewal, February 1, 1963.

158

Speech by the Prime Minister of Canada, Right Hon. L. B. Pearson,

November 16, 1967.

160

Statement on capital crimes under the New York law, prepared by the

New York Committee To Abolish Capital Punishment...

165

Capital punishment: pro and con arguments, Legislative Reference Service,

Library of Congress.

172

"Executions Under State Authority," January 20, 1864-August 10, 1966,

compiled by Negley K. Teeters, visiting professor of sociology, Hartwick

College, and Charles J. Zibulka_.

206

Death row population as of January 1, 1968-

236

"The Death Penalty," New York, January 2, 1968..

236

"Death in Court," the Economist, September 30, 1967.

237

"Not Too Young To Die," Washington, D.C., Star, March 2, 1968-

238

"Taking Life," editorial, Washington Post, February 19, 1968-

239

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