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  2. Penitent thief - Wikipedia

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    In the Music "Vida Loka, Pt. 2", the Brazilian rap group Racionais MC's, refers Dismas as a "First Thug Life of All Time". [34] Dismas is the name of one of two starting characters in the video game Darkest Dungeon. He is also referred to as a rogue, thief, and highwayman in the in-game descriptions.

  3. Crucifixion - Wikipedia

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    A 15th-century depiction of Jesus crucified between the two thieves. Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam or stake and left to hang until eventual death. [1] [2] It was used as a punishment by the Persians, Carthaginians, and Romans, [1] among others. Crucifixion ...

  4. List of people who died by hanging - Wikipedia

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    Two autopsies were conducted and concluded his death was not suicide. The Thai forensic pathologist who examined his body stated his death may have been due to autoerotic asphyxiation. [17] [18] Two of Carradine's ex-wives, Gail Jensen [19] [20] and Marina Anderson, [21] [22] stated publicly that his sexual interests included the practice of ...

  5. Next Day Air - Wikipedia

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    Next Day Air is a 2009 American black comedy film that was released by Summit Entertainment on May 8, 2009. [3] The film starring Donald Faison and Mike Epps was produced on an estimated budget of $3 million. Two criminals accidentally accept a package of cocaine which they must sell before the real owner finds it missing.

  6. Fargo (1996 film) - Wikipedia

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    Fargo is a 1996 black comedy crime film written, directed, produced and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen. Frances McDormand stars as Marge Gunderson, a pregnant Minnesota police chief investigating a triple homicide that takes place after a desperate car salesman (William H. Macy) hires two dim-witted criminals (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife in order to extort a hefty ...

  7. Hanging in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Hanging was one method of execution in Colonial America. According to the Espy file, Daniel Frank was hanged in 1623 for cattle theft in the Jamestown colony. [4] [5] John Billington is thought to be one of the first men to be hanged in New England; Billington was convicted of murder in September 1630 after he shot and killed John Newcomen.

  8. The Highwaymen (film) - Wikipedia

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    The Highwaymen is a 2019 American period crime thriller film directed by John Lee Hancock and written by John Fusco.The film stars Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson as Frank Hamer and Maney Gault, two former Texas Rangers who attempt to track down and apprehend notorious criminals Bonnie and Clyde in the 1930s.

  9. The Sleeping Tiger - Wikipedia

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    The Sleeping Tiger is a 1954 British film noir directed by Joseph Losey and starring Alexis Smith, Dirk Bogarde and Alexander Knox.It was Losey's first British feature, which he directed under the pseudonym of Victor Hanbury due to being blacklisted in the McCarthy Era. [2]