Tag Archive: gallows

Rotten to the Core

Author: Satish Sekar January 11, 2015 0 Comments

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (October 16th 2010) The Road to Oblivion Nearly a quarter of a century after John Billington despatched the once aspiring executioner Samuel Dougal, who was not deterred by capital punishment from committing murder, Thomas…
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Capital Idea

capital punishment, Charles Broomhead, deterrent, gallows, hanged, James Power, John Bilington, Mr Justice Swift, Norman Birkett KC, Olive Turner, police officer, Robert Wilson, Samuel Dougal, Thomas Pierrepoint, Winson Green Prison

The Unforgiven

Author: Satish Sekar January 7, 2015 2 Comments

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (October 16th 2010) The Toll on the Executioner Nothing deters like capital punishment, right? A comfortable notion that needed to be investigated, so I did. If it works then surely people close to the…
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Capital Idea

Camille Holland, Chief Executioner, Florence Havis, gallows, hangman, John Ellis, Moat House Farm, Samuel Dougal, suicide, suicide attempt, Tom Pierrepoint, William Billington

Tales of Deterrence – Introduction

Author: Satish Sekar January 6, 2015 0 Comments

The Ultimate Deterrent? It is often said that capital punishment is the ultimate deterrent. The Fitted-In Project is not convinced. No matter how harsh the punishment it cannot deter criminals who do not think that they will ever be brought…
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Capital Idea

Britain, capital punishment, Edith Thompson, Ernest Moss, gallows, Gwynne Evans, hanged, John Ellis, John Reginald Halliday Christie, John West, Morocco, Peter Allen, police officer, Ruth Ellis, solicitor, the USA, TIMOTHY EVANS

“Satish is a dedicated investigative journalist who worked hard to investigate the background to the jailing of the Cardiff Three for the 1988 murder of Lynette White. The success of their appeal against their convictions is largely down to his hard work. He wrote the story of this case and his subsequent campaign to have the case reinvestigated in his book ‘Fitted In: The Cardiff Three and the Lynette White Inquiry’. I wanted to write about the forensic aspects of the case in my book Cold…

Liz Porter Sunday AgeAustralia

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Bob Parsons

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