Dec 1, 2009
A coward and a megalomaniac, Ray Allen gave orders that resulted in the deaths of many people. At age 76, he was the oldest person ever executed by the State of California.
by Randy Radic
His name was Clarence Ray Allen. Born in Blair, Oklahoma in 1930, he...
Oct 9, 2009
Allen Lee Davis
[Ed's Note: On Jan. 14, 2000, following the barrage of controversy created by the execution photos posted by Justice Shaw, Florida barred any further executions by electrocution, opting for lethal injection. On Dec. 16, 2006, then Gov. Jeb Bush suspended all...
Jun 8, 2016
Mob lynchings have been extremely rare events in the United Kingdom. The most infamous occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1736by Martin BaggoleyOn Monday April 6 1724, the Caledonian Mercury included the first ever press report of a game of golf, which was played a short...
May 23, 2016
Before the Republic of Ireland abandoned the death penalty in 1990, it had a curious relationship to it, meting out the penalty but more often than not commuting or reprieving the condemned. by Colm Wallace Over 750 years of British occupation of Ireland resulted in many...
Nov 28, 2012
Other Voices TV: Executing Justice from PPJC Videos on Vimeo.
A conversation with J. Patrick O'Connor author of SCAPEGOAT: The Chino Hills Murders and the Framing of Kevin Cooper.
Kevin Cooper was convicted of the brutal murders of a Chino Hills, California family and a...
Jun 4, 2012
John "Babbacombe" Lee
After three attempts to hang John Lee at Exeter Prison in Devon, England, the hanging was called off. Years later he was paroled.
by Robert Walsh
It is February 23, 1885. The place is the coach house of Exeter Prison, Devon...
Feb 29, 2012
Feb. 29, 2012
Ruth Ellis
It was a time of “no sex please, we’re British.” Women, if they had to mention the three-letter word, preferred to spell it out in a whisper. As for men, they hypocritically joined private men’s clubs where sex was on the menu along with beer...
Oct 31, 2011
Nov. 28, 2011
Ana Cardona
There are over 3,500 inmates on death row in the United States, spread out over the 34 states that still use the death penalty. Less than 1 percent of death row inmates are women and all 61 of them have been convicted of murder.
by Amanda...
Apr 27, 2011
An excerpt from Mel Ayton recently published book Dark Soul of the South – The Life and Crimes of Racist Killer Joseph Paul Franklin
by Mel Ayton
In 2010 the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for executions to start again in Missouri when it refused to hear the...
Oct 14, 2009
Louis "Lepke" Buchalter
Thomas E. Dewey built a political career around hounding the Jewish gangster Lepke. His execution in 1944 — the first of a major underworld figure – riveted the attention of a nation and was in doubt up to the last minute.
by Allan May
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