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2004: Nick Berg, by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Twenty-six-year-old American communications contractor Nick Berg was beheaded a hostage in Iraq on this date in 2004 — allegedly by the personal... read more »
From: Executed Today on 7 May 2016

1791: William Jones, “in a country out of the reach of my enemies”

On this date in 1791, a man named William Jones hanged in Newark, N.J. Jones cut an apologetic figure at his public execution, and a confession he signed... read more »
From: Executed Today on 6 May 2016

1854: John Hendrickson, junk science victim

On this date in 1854, an Albany, N.Y. man named John Hendrickson hanged for the murder by aconite poisoning of his wife, Maria. “He has suffered... read more »
From: Executed Today on 5 May 2016

Former Post & Telegraph Office, Bellerive

Arguably Bellerive’s best known landmark, the Post & Telegraph Office was built in 1897. The community had been lobbying the Tasmanian Government... read more »
From: On The Convict Trail on 4 May 2016

1943: Rev. Leonard Kentish, kidnapped Australian civilian

On lonely scrubland at the Aru Islands port of Dobo on this date in 1943, the Japanese military beheaded kidnapped Australian Rev. Leonard Kentish. Nobody... read more »
From: Executed Today on 4 May 2016

Juvenile Justice in Europe: Past, Present and Future

(poster designed/ created by Emma D Watkins) read more »
From: Juvenile Offenders on 3 May 2016

Conference Notice: Juvenile Justice in Europe: Past, Present and Future

Juvenile Justice in Europe: Past, Present and Future University of Liverpool, 26-27 May 2016 The conference/symposium is being organized and hosted... read more »
From: Digital Panopticon on 3 May 2016

1867: Modiste Villebrun, but not Sophie Boisclair

(Thanks to Meaghan Good of the Charley Project for the guest post. -ed.) On this date in 1867, Modiste Villebrun was hanged in Sorel, Quebec, in what would... read more »
From: Executed Today on 3 May 2016

Sexual abuse in schools: An Australian history of criminalisation

  In 1947 a leading psychiatrist, Dr John McGeorge, told the New South Wales Department of Justice that men who abused children were ‘the most... read more »
From: The Prosecution Project on 3 May 2016

1612: The slave rebels of Mexico City

On this date in 1612, Spanish colonial authorities smashed an alleged plot among Mexico City’s black slaves with a grisly mass execution.* In Mexico... read more »
From: Executed Today on 3 May 2016

Snapshot of a female thief’s life

Kate Stobbs – from Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums’ collection on Flickr Many poorer women came into contact with police and magistrates... read more »
From: Criminal Historian on 2 May 2016

Old Hutchins School Building

The Hutchins School was founded in 1846 as a memorial to The Venerable William Hutchins, first Archdeacon of the colony of Van Diemen’s Land. Intended... read more »
From: On The Convict Trail on 1 May 2016

1942: Robert “Rattlesnake” James, the last man hanged by California

(Thanks to Meaghan Good of the Charley Project for the guest post. -ed.) On this date in 1942, red-haired Robert S. James became the last man judicially... read more »
From: Executed Today on 1 May 2016
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