HC Deb 17 January 1967 vol 739 c13W
Mr. John Lee

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs what was the number of judicial executions that

JUDICIAL EXECUTIONS AND DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
Nigeria A Number of judicial executions 51 37 48 55
B Number of death sentences commuted 21 15 23 22
Kenya A Number of judicial executions 19 20 178 638*
B Number of death sentences commuted 10 27 118
Zambia A Number of judicial executions 5 4 5 10 5
B Number of death sentences commuted 21 15 23 22
Ghana A Number of judicial executions 13 6 6 9†
B Number of death sentences commuted 7 8 8 6
Notes:
*The majority of the persons executed in Kenya in 1953 and 1954 had been sentenced by the Courts for capital offences during the emergency.
†The figures of executions in Ghana are for twelve months periods not calendar years.

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