The Executioner Always Chops Twice: Ghastly Blunders on the ScaffoldSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2004. ápr. 3. - 240 oldal A morbidly fascinating mixture of bungled executions, strange last requests, and classic final one-liners from medieval times to the present day. |
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... prison walls and the executioners themselves were men of conscience and humanity, the scientific advances at their disposal, being more intricate and technical, brought their own problems with them: electrodes dried out, veins eluded ...
... Prison, the electric chair consisted of a high-backed piece of oak furniture fitted with straps that secured the victim's head, chest, arms and legs. Two electrodes, metal plates each sandwiched between a rubber holder and a sponge pad ...
... prison staff detailed to remove the body have to wear protective clothing and oxygen masks. The. Guillotine. Introduced in France just in time for the multiple executions resultant from the Revolution, the basic guillotine consisted of ...
... Prison, executions still being carried out in public outside the walls of that gaol on a portable scaffold which was pulled into place by horses when required. This platform was equipped with two parallel crossbeams positioned over ...
... prison walls, a state of affairs deplored by the public at thus being deprived of what they considered to be their rightful — and free — entertainment, and equally deplored by those who supported the abolition of capital punishment ...
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The Executioner Always Chops Twice: Ghastly Blunders on the Scaffold Geoffrey Abbott Korlátozott előnézet - 2004 |
The Executioner Always Chops Twice: Ghastly Blunders on the Scaffold Geoffrey Abbott Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2002 |