Tag: acquittal

• On This Day in 1964 – The Last Executions In Britain.

  

  As regular readers are aware, I cover true crime here and the death penalty is a regular feature. Being an abolitionist, it’s with some small satisfaction that we’re going to look at Britain’s last executions. To the minute, if you happen to be reading this at 8am. On August 13, 1964 Gwynne Evans and Peter…

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  August 13, 2018

  History, True Crime, Uncategorized

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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…

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  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…

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  July 29, 2014

  Press And Politics, True Crime, Uncategorized

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