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Another execution of note in Kentucky was that of Rainey Bethea. Bethea was executed by hanging on 14 August 1936 for the rape of 70-year-old Lischia Edwards. He had also confessed to her murder by strangling but the Commonwealth indicted him only on the rape charge since that was the only capital crime for which the penalty was public hanging.
Robert McGladdery (1961) last execution in Northern Ireland; Dennis McGuire (2014) Duncan McKenzie (1995) first post-Gregg execution in Montana; Harold McQueen Jr. (1997) first post-Gregg execution in Kentucky; Daisy de Melker (1932) George Mercer (1989) first post-Gregg execution in Missouri; Louisa May Merrifield (1953)
News of the execution of Charles I travelled slowly to the colonies; on 26 May Roger Williams of Rhode Island reported that "the King and many great Lords and Parliament men are beheaded," and on 3 June Adam Winthrop reported from Boston that "heer is now a London shipp come in, that bringeth the newes that the King is beheaded." However, the ...
1649 Charles I of England executed following a trial set up by the Rump Parliament 1659 Ahmad al-Abbas , Sultan of Morocco, by his uncle, Abdul Karim Abu Bakr Al-Shabani 1664 Muhammad ibn Sharif , Sultan of Morocco, killed in battle by troops loyal to his half-brother Moulay Rashid , who succeeded him
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Despite remaining a legal penalty, there have been no executions in Kentucky since 2008, and only three since 1976. The most recent execution was of Marco Allen Chapman, who was executed for two murders.
William Goffe, c. 1613/1618 - 1679/1680, was a religious radical from London who fought for Parliament during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.Nicknamed “Praying William” by contemporaries, he approved the Execution of Charles I in January 1649, but escaped prosecution as a regicide by fleeing to the New England Colonies.
Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France. After Charles I's execution at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War, the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II king on 5 February 1649.
Initially, Charles was led to White Ladies Priory by Charles Giffard, a cousin of the owner, and his servant Francis Yates, the only man later executed for his part in the escape. There, the Penderel (Pendrell or Pendrill) family, tenants and servants of the Giffard family began to be important in guiding and caring for him.