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The last time there was a public execution in America, was in 1936. It occured on a balmy August day in Owensboro, Kentucky. With a crowd of 20,000+ people watching, a man by the name of Rainey Bethea was hung for the murder of Lischia Rarick Edwards. Due to public outrage after the spectacle, public [...]
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10 Reasons to bring back Public Executions
Posted by Chief Idiot on May 31st, 2007
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