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Oct 9, 2008 · Over 500 of these were sentenced to death and the majority executed, at least 21 of these were female. It was decided that those sentenced to die should suffer death by hanging, although no standard execution protocol was agreed. Each country carried out executions in accordance with its normal procedure.
In this series, I hope to profile a different executioner every week. Some from modern times, some from times past. The Catholic Church has been behind many a great executions, so I thought I would
Mar 29, 2020 · Albert Pierrepoint was a skilled executioner. So, if you were a Nazi war criminal who was sentenced to hang you'd best pray to God that Pierrepoint was going to be your executioner rather than that bumbling idiot Sergeant Woods----who botched numerous executions.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Iraqi television station Al Hurra said Saddam Hussein had been executed by hanging shortly before 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) on Saturday. The former Iraqi presid
Jul 16, 2013 · They were then lowered onto a stretcher and placed directly into their coffins before taken to a public cemetery for burial. Although executions in South Africa were held in private, the procedure was described in detail by the then hangman, Chris Barnard, in an interview before he died.
Cal Brown is set for execution on March 13 in Washington state penitentiary at Walla Walla. As he is in Washington state he has the option of choosing the noose. Any predictions? Discuss.
Convicted killer executed by lethal injection in Delaware April 20 (Reuters) - A 28-year-old convicted killer who had abandoned his appeals process was executed in Delaware on Friday
