LIFE IMPRISONMENT (FROM CORRECTIONS AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES - CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS - BAD NAUHEIM, WEST GERMANY, OCTOBER 5-7, 1973 EDITED BY HELMUT E EHRHARDT - SEE NCJ-28320)

• NCJ Number: 28326
• Author(s): E W HANACK
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: P O B 1304
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

PRESENTATION OF ARGUMENTS FOR ELIMINATING LIFE SENTENCES IN WEST GERMANY AND PROVIDING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF REHABILITATION.

Abstract

DISCUSSED ARE THE INFLUENCE OF PUBLIC OPINION AND POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON LEGISLATION FOR ABOLISHING OR RETAINING LIFE SENTENCES. THE AUTHOR SUPPORTS ABOLITION AS CONSISTENT WITH THE TREATMENT-ORIENTED CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM ADOPTED IN WEST GERMANY SINCE 1969. --IN GERMAN