§ 69. Mr. CECIL WILSONasked the Home Secretary how many of the persons sentenced to death in England and Wales during the 10 years prior to 1929 had their sentences of death commuted on the ground that they were certifiable as mental defectives under the Mental Deficiency Acts?
§ Mr. CLYNESNo case can be traced in which that was the sole ground, but in various cases a degree of mental deficiency was considered, with other grounds, in advising commutation.