Executioners

ExecutionersAnglo Saxon invaders first introduced hanging by the neck as capital punishment to England, and it was used by William the Conqueror as punishment for his conspirators. Other forms of formal execution over the years were carried out by lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, firing squad or the guillotine. The Pierrepoint's were the most famous family of executioners. They took their job very seriously and were involved in around 800 executions,

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both tearing lives apart and bringing them together

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