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Why Were Executions Held at Midnight? (2019x106)
Udgivelsesdato: Apr 25, 2019
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By the time Rainey Bethea was executed on August 14, 1936, most of the United States had ceased executing people publicly. However, in Kentucky in 1936 an execution could still be held publicly and, according to the jury at his trial, Bethea deserved such an end, though not without controversy given the fact that the whole thing from murder to scheduled hanging took place in only about two months.
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Sources:
http://www.pitch.com/FastPitch/archives/2014/05/20/no-midnight-execution-in-missouri-for-russell-bucklew-us-supreme-court-will-review-his-case
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28982439/ns/us_news-
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