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Bookmark or Share- Executioner - WikipediaAn executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who effects a sentence of capital punishment on a condemned person. The executioner was usually presented with a warrant authorising or ordering him to execute the sentence. The warrant protects the executioner from the charge of murder.
- The Executioners Who Inherited Their Jobs | SmithsonianFrom the early 13th century through the reformation of the penal code in 1791, the executioners of France lived a life apart, their clothing marked and their families ostracized. Perhaps the most...
- Executions Overview | Death Penalty Information CenterList of all defendants executed in the United States after 1976. Includes data such as sex, race, race of victims, and method of execution. Upcoming executions, stays of execution, and outcomes of death warrants. List of executions carried out in 2024. (For previous years, please see sidebar)
- And Not By Choice - WAR HISTORY ONLINEWe’ve all seen medieval executioners in movies and cartoons: the oversized man carrying a large axe, masked with a hood, who brought death to the condemned. Little else is provided in these productions about their lives beyond the executions, but what was it like to be an executioner in the medieval period?
- The Toll of Execution Work : Up First from NPR : NPRMore than 1,550 people have been executed in the U.S. over the past 50 years. Hundreds of workers have played a role in carrying out each of those executions. Few in the public know who these...
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