Category: Press And Politics

• George Kelly, falsely convicted and quickly hanged.

  For most crime buffs the name ‘George Kelly’ inspires memories of rattling Tommy guns, bank robberies and the kidnapping of Charles Urschel, all attributed to American crook George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly. Kelly, a second-rate gangster at best, was made out to be far worse than he actually was, spending the remainder of his life in […]

  CrimeScribe

  March 28, 2018

  Press And Politics, True Crime, Uncategorized

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• True Crime Blogs And Websites: Some Top Picks.

  

  So, as you’re no doubt aware, I have an interest in true crime and I ted to cover the more unusual bits and pieces. If you’re interested in the subject generally then it’s hard to avoid the plethora of websites and blogs out there that deal with it, although the tone and style of some […]

  CrimeScribe

  August 18, 2014

  Odds And Ends, Press And Politics, True Crime

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• The Strange Case Of Leroy Henry

  

  The strange case of Leroy Henry attracts me for two reasons. One is that I like to look at the unusual. Even if posting on a widely-known and common story then I prefer one with a twist. It helps keep things interesting. Leroy Henry’s case was very interesting. Private Henry was one of the hundreds […]

  CrimeScribe

  August 16, 2014

  History, Odds And Ends, Press And Politics, True Crime

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• Trial Watchers – A Strange Breed.

  

  “Prisoner at the Bar, the sentence of this court is that you be taken from this place to a lawful prison and thence to a place of execution where you shall be hanged by the neck until you are dead. And that afterwards your body shall be cut down and buried within the precincts of […]

  CrimeScribe

  July 29, 2014

  Press And Politics, True Crime, Uncategorized

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• Killing Them Nicely? The Myth Of ‘Humane Execution.’

  

  Arizona’s botched execution of Joseph Wood, during which he received a lethal injection that took almost two hours to actually kill him, was the latest in a long, long line of botched executions in the US. The method used is immaterial. All execution methods are evolved with human experimentation, by executioners testing new methods or […]

  CrimeScribe

  July 24, 2014

  Press And Politics, True Crime, Uncategorized

• Oklahoma: The Botched Execution of Clayton Lockett

  Here’s an interesting link for the inside track on this debacle. It’s a preliminary summary from Robert Patton (Director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections) to Mary Fallin (Oklahoma State Governor):   https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8bT8f-N8gQvT0liN0I3d1NIRlU/edit?pli=1     Here’s the text in full. Further comment by me is probably unnecessary:  

  CrimeScribe

  May 1, 2014

  Odds And Ends, Press And Politics, True Crime, Uncategorized

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