A Date with the Hangman : A History of Capital Punishment in Britain
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[Place of publication not identified] : Pen & Sword Books, [2020].
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"A true-crime history of 20th-century, British judicial hangings from 1900 to 1964, and a look at the overall history of executions in Great Britain. It is a sobering thought that until the closing years of the twentieth century, Britain's courts were technically able to impose the death penalty for several offenses, both civil and military. Although the last judicial hangings took place in 1964, the death penalty, in theory at least, remained for a number of crimes. During the twentieth century, 865 people were executed in Britain. This book examines each and every one of those executions, and in many cases highlights the crimes that brought these men and women to the gallows. The book also details the various forms of capital punishment used throughout British history. During past centuries people were burned at the stake, had the skin flayed from their bodies, were beheaded, garroted, hung, drawn and quartered, stoned, disemboweled, buried alive-and all under the guidance of a vengeful law, or at least what passed for law at any given period. The author, Gary M. Dobbs, has painstakingly collected together every available piece of evidence to provide as clear a picture as possible of a time when the law operated on the principle of an eye for an eye. Dobbs is a true-crime historian and has spent many hours researching the cases featured herein to bring the reader a definitive history of judicial punishment during the twentieth century, and this carefully researched, well-illustrated and enthralling text will appeal to anyone interested in the darker side of history. "A brilliant read." - Books Monthly (UK)"--,Provided by Freading.
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Dobbs, G. (2020). A Date with the Hangman: A History of Capital Punishment in Britain . Pen & Sword Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dobbs, Gary, 1965-. 2020. A Date With the Hangman: A History of Capital Punishment in Britain. Pen & Sword Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dobbs, Gary, 1965-. A Date With the Hangman: A History of Capital Punishment in Britain Pen & Sword Books, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dobbs, Gary. A Date With the Hangman: A History of Capital Punishment in Britain Pen & Sword Books, 2020.
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