07-09-2013, 03:56 PM
Just a note on capital punishment without wanting to shoot off topic.
Up until 1868, executions in England were carried out in public. Capital punishment was not abolished until 1969 in the UK. In the intervening time there must have been hundreds of people who witnessed a hanging or lived at the time when hanging took place - it did nothing to stem the number of murders.
Albert Pierrpoint, the last official executioner in England, executed some 400 people but is reported to have said that in his opinion, hanging did nothing to deter crime and served only to satisfy society's need for vengeance.
Up until 1868, executions in England were carried out in public. Capital punishment was not abolished until 1969 in the UK. In the intervening time there must have been hundreds of people who witnessed a hanging or lived at the time when hanging took place - it did nothing to stem the number of murders.
Albert Pierrpoint, the last official executioner in England, executed some 400 people but is reported to have said that in his opinion, hanging did nothing to deter crime and served only to satisfy society's need for vengeance.