http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/12/26/themed-set-the-spectacle-of-public-hanging-in-america/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:54:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/12/26/themed-set-the-spectacle-of-public-hanging-in-america/#comment-4104 Jimmy Shirley Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:53:58 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/12/26/themed-set-the-spectacle-of-public-hanging-in-america/#comment-4104 Public hanging ought to be brought back. Hanging is what was reserved for criminals. Today, with DNA evidence releasing people from Death row, then by God it ought to be able to confidently convict new criminals. To the point that they ought to be hanged within two years of sentencing, if not sooner. Preferably sunrise on the Monday after sentencing. The proposed two years would be an act of mercy so the condemned get his affairs in order. Public hanging ought to be brought back. Hanging is what was reserved for criminals. Today, with DNA evidence releasing people from Death row, then by God it ought to be able to confidently convict new criminals. To the point that they ought to be hanged within two years of sentencing, if not sooner. Preferably sunrise on the Monday after sentencing. The proposed two years would be an act of mercy so the condemned get his affairs in order.

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/12/26/themed-set-the-spectacle-of-public-hanging-in-america/#comment-3589 ExecutedToday.com » 1936: Rainey Bethea, America’s last public hanging Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:41:35 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/12/26/themed-set-the-spectacle-of-public-hanging-in-america/#comment-3589 [...] U.S. followed the trend of its onetime mother country, England, in moving the formerly iconic public hanging increasingly behind closed doors, but its federalist structure made that change uneven. In Kentucky [...] [...] U.S. followed the trend of its onetime mother country, England, in moving the formerly iconic public hanging increasingly behind closed doors, but its federalist structure made that change uneven. In Kentucky [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/12/26/themed-set-the-spectacle-of-public-hanging-in-america/#comment-3310 ExecutedToday.com » 1739: Penelope Kenny and Sarah Simpson Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:21:26 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/12/26/themed-set-the-spectacle-of-public-hanging-in-america/#comment-3310 [...] Part of the Themed Set: The Spectacle of Public Hanging in America. [...] [...] Part of the Themed Set: The Spectacle of Public Hanging in America. [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/12/26/themed-set-the-spectacle-of-public-hanging-in-america/#comment-3308 ExecutedToday.com » 1862: 38 Sioux Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:51:04 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/12/26/themed-set-the-spectacle-of-public-hanging-in-america/#comment-3308 [...] Themed Set: The Spectacle of Public Hanging in America 1739: Penelope Kenny and Sarah Simpson [...] [...] Themed Set: The Spectacle of Public Hanging in America 1739: Penelope Kenny and Sarah Simpson [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/12/26/themed-set-the-spectacle-of-public-hanging-in-america/#comment-1665 ExecutedToday.com » Themed Set: At the End of the Rope Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:46:59 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/12/26/themed-set-the-spectacle-of-public-hanging-in-america/#comment-1665 [...] in the British Empire and its descendant countries, the hanging — and especially the public hanging — were the very image of the death penalty; its most characteristic venue at the corner of [...] [...] in the British Empire and its descendant countries, the hanging — and especially the public hanging — were the very image of the death penalty; its most characteristic venue at the corner of [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/12/26/themed-set-the-spectacle-of-public-hanging-in-america/#comment-1661 ExecutedToday.com » 1890: William Kemmler, only in America Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:43:40 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/12/26/themed-set-the-spectacle-of-public-hanging-in-america/#comment-1661 [...] long New World tradition of hanging condemned prisoners came under fire as a barbarism in the late 19th century, leading reformers to [...] [...] long New World tradition of hanging condemned prisoners came under fire as a barbarism in the late 19th century, leading reformers to [...]

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