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  2. John Dodd (engineer) - Wikipedia

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    John Dodd (13 December 1932 — 6 December 2022) was an Epsom engineer, and automatic transmission specialist. Dodd was the creator of the aero-engined car, "The Beast", which featured in several television programmes, and received large-scale press coverage during Dodd's legal disputes with Rolls-Royce, over his use of the firms' radiator grill and Spirit of Ecstasy.

  3. List of people executed in Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Minnesota experienced a 17-year moratorium on executions between 1868 and 1885 due to the passage of a law limiting the application of the death penalty in the state; the law was passed in 1868 and repealed in 1883. [3] Capital punishment in Minnesota was officially abolished on April 22, 1911. No executions have taken place in Minnesota since ...

  4. List of most recent executions by jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice.The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.

  5. Rolls-Royce Merlin alternative uses - Wikipedia

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    The Beast was brought to the attention of Rolls-Royce, who took Dodd to court after he refused to remove their radiator grille, badges, and Spirit of Ecstasy mascot. After a heavily publicised trial, Dodd lost the court case and the Rolls-Royce trademarked features were removed. The grille was replaced with one bearing Dodd's "JD" initials.

  6. Capital punishment - Wikipedia

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    Death penalty opponents regard the death penalty as inhumane [206] and criticize it for its irreversibility. [207] They argue also that capital punishment lacks deterrent effect, [208] [209] [210] or has a brutalization effect, [211] [212] discriminates against minorities and the poor, and that it encourages a "culture of violence". [213]

  7. List of people executed in Washington - Wikipedia

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    Harvey John Collins : December 3, 1957 murder of Andrew Stolen Albert D. Rosellini: John Richard Broderson June 25, 1960 murder of Harold Oster [87] Joseph Chester Self June 20, 1963 murder of Ralph A. Gemmill Jr. Westley Allan Dodd: January 5, 1993 murder of Cole Neer, William Neer, and Lee Iseli Booth Gardner: Charles Rodman Campbell: May 27 ...

  8. John Dodd - Wikipedia

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    John Dodd (tea merchant) (fl. 1860s), Scottish merchant and author on Formosa, pioneer of Taiwan's tea industry; John Dodd (Wells MP) (c. 1693–1719), English Member of Parliament for Wells, 1717–1719; John L. Dodd, American lawyer and 116th President General of the Sons of the American Revolution; Johnny Dodd (1941–1991), American ...

  9. Capital punishment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Vermont has abolished the death penalty for all crimes, but has an invalid death penalty statue for treason. [87] When it abolished the death penalty in 2019, New Hampshire explicitly did not commute the death sentence of the sole person remaining on the state's death row, Michael K. Addison. [88] [89]