Comments on: 1977: Hamida Djandoubi, Madame Guillotine’s last kiss

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

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:34:13 +0000

[...] 11. September 10, 1977: Hamida Djandoubi - The last man guillotined, and as noted above, one of the top search hits for the site. 12. February 17, 2004: Cameron Todd Willingham - Long-neglected but suddenly popular guest post about a possible wrongful execution that’s been front-page news for the past two months. 13. August 8, 1944: Eight July 20 plotters - A second beneficiary of Valkyrie search traffic. 14. July 8, 1999: Allen Lee “Tiny” Davis - Gruesome bloody photos of the Florida electric chair’s last client. 15. April 10, 1905: Fou Tchou Li - Lingchi or “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 Nicholls - The #1 post this time last year, thanks to a link from Andrew Sullivan, but scant ongoing traffic promises further sinkage in the year ahead. 18. December 13, 1945: The Belsen war criminals - Featuring Irma Grese, the “Beast of Belsen”. 19. June 25, 1959: Charles Starkweather - The spree killer who embodied the underbelly of the American dream to the likes of Stephen King and Bruce Springsteen. 20. October 9, 1967: Ernesto “Che” Guevara - One of the posts most frequently sought out by visitors viewing a second or third page. Play the mp3, and be sure to join the comment thread’s ideological pissing match! 21. November 28, 1950: James Corbitt - This post is really about prolific British hangman Albert Pierrepoint, on the occasion of his hanging a man he actually knew. 22. December 26, 1862: 38 Sioux - The largest mass execution in U.S. history. 23. January 15, 1943: Sue Logue, Geoge Logue and Clarence Bagwell - Randy young Strom Thurmond made Sue “the only person seduced on the way to the electric chair.” 24. April 7, 2007: Du’a Khalil Aswad - Features a horrificially graphic video of a Yazidi honor killing victim being stoned to death. 25. Uncertain date in 41 B.C.E.: Arsinoe IV - Cleopatra’s sister, who got search traffic earlier this year when scientists claimed to have reconstructed her appearance. [...]

By: ExecutedToday.com » 1864: Doctor Edmond-Désiré Couty de la Pommerais, poisoner

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:58:35 +0000

[...] * Actually, the last execution in France was still 113 years away. [...]

By: Alfonso

Alfonso — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:47:41 +0000

Supporters of the abolition of capital punishment are liars and deshonestos.Amnisty International, Human Rights Watch and Penal Reform claim that they want to abolish the death penalty so that they do not die innocent victims of miscarriages of justice but what they do not say is that it is opposed to ferormente The life without parole (lwop) to justify having granted parole to murderers of children and serial killers.Lo truth is that if we defend the parole for lifers assume a high risk that the criminal released vueva to asesinar.casos as Kenneth_Allen_McDuff, Gilberto Champa, Darryl Kemp etc.say that the rehabilitation support for these murderers admitting the risk of dying innocents.Should know the Spanish experience in abolishing the death penalty.The answer is yes. “Lisa have reason: Dear Jeff Jacoby am a reader of yours through periodic Spanish Libertad Digital, and I would like you to comment on the criticism he has made to organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Wacht for his opposition to the death penalty reason for my mail is reveal the hidden agenda of the abolitionist. You and many people of goodwill who believe abolitionists want to replace the death penalty for life without parole (lwop) unfortunately is not true defenders of the rights of criminals also oppose the parole life sentence with or without parole, these penalties along with the death penalty is banned in Spain and most countries of Latin America. If you do not believe me ask him to look on the Internet data on terrorist and murderer of 25 people Juana Chaos, a case even more shameful that the the Texan Kennet Mc Duff.

By: Dudley Sharp

Dudley Sharp — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:49:08 +0000

Does Mercer fact check?

The 130 exonerated in the US is a scam, easily uncoverable by fact checking.

Make you wonder if he fact checked his book as well. He needs to fact check the racial issues, the cost issues, as well.

Reading Mercer’s belief that life is a tougher sentence than the death penalty, .why don’t we look at those folks who know best.

What percentage of capital murderers seek a plea bargain to a death sentence? Zero or close to it. They prefer long term imprisonment.

What percentage of convicted capital murderers argue for execution in the penalty phase of their capital trial? Zero or close to it. They prefer long term imprisonment.

What percentage of death row inmates waive their appeals and speed up the execution process? Nearly zero. They prefer long term imprisonment.

This is not, even remotely, in dispute.

Life is preferred over death. Death is feared more than life.

By: ExecutedToday.com » Executed Today’s First Annual Report: One Year of Dying Languorously

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:58:26 +0000

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By: Laura D. Kurtenbach

Laura D. Kurtenbach — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:12:44 +0000

I am currently reading “When the guillotine fell” and it is a fascinating book. I became interested in the history of this what I thought was an archaic form of punishment when I read about the book in my local newspaper. I received the book as a gift and I personnaly feel that Hamida Djandoubi deserved to die in this fashion. He was a monster and the form of punishment he received was too kind for a bastard like him. He should have been subject to the “Wheel” etc…Some individuals deserve to die. Hamida is definetly one. Laura