3 NOVEMBER 1984, Page 19

Humane killer

Sir: I don't altogether disagree with the Revd Peter Mullen about capital punish- ment CA moral necessity', 27 October); but if we do restore it, must we go back to hanging? This dubiously efficient proceed- ing, with its grotesque attendant cere- mony, is neither useful nor necessary. There are more humane ways of killing criminals than this.

B.A. Young

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