Abolizione della pena di morte come simbolo della riforma della giustizia penale

Radbruch's speech at a public debate on the death penalty, organized by the Deutsche Liga für Menschenrechte (German League for Human Rights), in which the German jurist Wolfgang Mittermaier also participated; Wilhelm Kahl, jurist, member of parliament in the early years of the Weimar Republic and founder of the Deutsche Volkspartei; and Eberhard Schmidt, criminal lawyer, historian of criminal law, active and incardinated in the highest university positions even during the Nazi years.