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2 days ago · ROME—Benito Mussolini, who gambled the destiny of Italy on fascism, has been tried by a People’s Tribunal, executed by a firing squad, and his body is now displayed in a Milan public square…
2 days ago · After being tried and convicted of economic sabotage and genocide, both were sentenced to death, and they were immediately executed by firing squad on 25 December.
- Position abolished
- Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
- Constantin Ion ParhonPetru Groza
4 days ago · Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, [1] [2] is the state-sanctioned practice of killing a person as a punishment for a crime, usually following an authorised, rule-governed process to conclude that the person is responsible for violating norms that warrant said punishment. [3]
3 days ago · John Wayne Gacy. John Wayne Gacy was a serial killer responsible for the deaths of at least 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978. He was executed by lethal injection on May 10, 1994 ...
5 days ago · Overthrown (Executed by firing squad) Fred Akuffo Ghana: Head of state of Ghana (1978–1979) 1979: Overthrown (Executed by firing squad) Francisco Macías Nguema Equatorial Guinea: President of Equatorial Guinea (1968–1979) 1979: Overthrown (Executed by firing squad) Luís Cabral Guinea-Bissau: President of Guinea-Bissau (1973–1980) 1980
4 days ago · Antigua and Barbuda. The death penalty is allowed for the offenses of treason and murder, as well as certain military offenses. However, no executions have occurred since 1991. Follow us and ...
4 days ago · At the height of circus animal acts in the late nineteenth century, animals who killed their captors might be publicly executed for their “crimes.”. The 19-year-old Indian elephant, Fritz-Frederic, favorite of the children of Paris, was put to death after he had gone mad for several days, c. 1910. Getty. By: Livia Gershon. May 7, 2024. 3 ...
