http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/27/1916-james-crozier-an-irishman-in-her-majestys-service/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:39:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/27/1916-james-crozier-an-irishman-in-her-majestys-service/#comment-12209 ExecutedToday.com » 1915: Four French Corporals, for cowardice Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:19:20 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=2464#comment-12209 [...] day’s executions, as with many of the others carried out across Europe in those years, sparked a long campaign for posthumous exoneration, in [...] [...] day’s executions, as with many of the others carried out across Europe in those years, sparked a long campaign for posthumous exoneration, in [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/27/1916-james-crozier-an-irishman-in-her-majestys-service/#comment-6298 Diane Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:54:06 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=2464#comment-6298 Found the original story while searching family name Crozier. I remember how it bothered me for some time after reading such a tragic story. I'm glad to see he was eventually pardoned. It is does help set things right. Poor guy. Found the original story while searching family name Crozier. I remember how it bothered me for some time after reading such a tragic story. I’m glad to see he was eventually pardoned. It is does help set things right. Poor guy.

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/27/1916-james-crozier-an-irishman-in-her-majestys-service/#comment-3728 Steve Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:02:19 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=2464#comment-3728 Posthumous pardons are about rebuilding a person's legacy. It's for that person's friends and family. That's why Pvt. Slovik's wife has lobbied 7 presidents to pardon him. The thing about this story is the brutality with which it was carried out. It's simply unbelievable what people can be capable of. Posthumous pardons are about rebuilding a person’s legacy. It’s for that person’s friends and family. That’s why Pvt. Slovik’s wife has lobbied 7 presidents to pardon him. The thing about this story is the brutality with which it was carried out. It’s simply unbelievable what people can be capable of.

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/02/27/1916-james-crozier-an-irishman-in-her-majestys-service/#comment-3725 Fiz (UK) Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:13:02 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=2464#comment-3725 I just love retro-active pardons - it must make that young man, Timothy Evans and James Bentley ecstatic with relief...except they are dead :-( I just love retro-active pardons - it must make that young man, Timothy Evans and James Bentley ecstatic with relief…except they are dead

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