Capital Punishment

London's Places of Execution

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Criminal law, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime
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Author: Robert Bard ISBN: 9781445667379
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Publication: November 15, 2016
Imprint: Amberley Publishing Language: English
Author: Robert Bard
ISBN: 9781445667379
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Publication: November 15, 2016
Imprint: Amberley Publishing
Language: English

London had many places of execution: Tyburn, of course, but also Smithfield, Wapping, Kennington, Tower Hill and Charing Cross among others. All of these venues allowed the public to participate – whether in approval or opposition – and, in the opinion of the authorities, provided deterrence at a time when even trivial offences carried the death penalty. Author Robert Bard surveys the capital's places of execution and seeks to explain the prevailing appetite of the authorities and the public for such punishment and such grisly spectacle.

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London had many places of execution: Tyburn, of course, but also Smithfield, Wapping, Kennington, Tower Hill and Charing Cross among others. All of these venues allowed the public to participate – whether in approval or opposition – and, in the opinion of the authorities, provided deterrence at a time when even trivial offences carried the death penalty. Author Robert Bard surveys the capital's places of execution and seeks to explain the prevailing appetite of the authorities and the public for such punishment and such grisly spectacle.

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