Comments on: 1923: Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters

By: gazelle

gazelle — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:27:23 +0000

Read That Book Fiz. I Have always been fascinated by this case…..And That book brings home the stark reality that Edith Was Hanged For Adultery …Rather Than Murder!! It Is A Heartwrenching Read

By: Fiz

Fiz — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:46:33 +0000

Or “Criminal Justice”, even!

By: Fiz

Fiz — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:17:52 +0000

Micky, read “Crimianl Justice” by Rene Weiss. Then you might begin to understand why people consider Edith Thompson to be innocent.

By: ExecutedToday.com » Executed Today’s Second Annual Report: Once Bitten, Twice Die

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:34:31 +0000

[...] “slow slicing” death “by a thousand cuts” that inspired Georges Bataille. 16. January 9, 1923: Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters - A deadly love triangle turned enduring cause celebre. 17. August 12, 1833: Captain Henry Nicholas [...]

By: MICKY

MICKY — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:40:07 +0000

I totally abhor capital punishment, and I thank God that it’s outlawed in my country, but how could ANYONE believe that Edith Thompson was INNOCENT?! From thinking up awful ways to do her husband in (and putting them down in pen and ink!), to dropping her lover right in the poo as soon as poor old Perce was dispensed with - PUH-LEEZE!

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ExecutedToday.com » 1923: Susan Newell, the last woman hanged in Scotland — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:05:59 +0000

[...] application of the law in Scotland had to be seen to be in line with that in England where Edith Thompson had been hanged for what most of us would regard as a much less serious crime only 10 months [...]

By: ExecutedToday.com » Themed Set: Women Who Kill

ExecutedToday.com » Themed Set: Women Who Kill — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:34:35 +0000

[...] have noticed too how remarkably women’s crimes and women criminals and women’s sentences are [...]