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 White paper on crime 2001 Part 2/Chap.3/Sec.3/1. 

Section 3 Sentencing

1. Death sentence

  Table II-7 shows the number of defendants sentenced to death in the ordinary first instance over the ten years to 2000, by type of offense.
  By type of offense, the percentage of the defendants sentenced to death in all defendants found guilty was 0.6% for homicide and 0.7% for robbery resulting in death or bodily injury in 1999 while it was 0.8% for homicide and 1.0% for robbery resulting in death or bodily injury in 2000.

Table II-7 Number of defendants sentenced to death in the ordinary first instance, by type of offense