Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1901 — To Bar Capital Punishment. [ARTICLE]

To Bar Capital Punishment.

The odelsthing (one of the Norwegian houses of parliament), which has under consideration a new penal code, has decided to abolish capital punishment. Only a small minority voted for its retention. No execution has taken place in Norway for twenty-two years, and crime is steadily decreasing.