Posted on 01/14/2022 8:53:19 PM PST by hapnHal
August 14, 1936
Rainey Bethea, executed August 14, 1936 at Owensboro, Kentucky, was the last public execution in America. He was publicly hanged for rape on August 14, 1936 in a parking lot in Owensboro, Kentucky (to avoid damage to the courthouse lawn by thousands of people who were expected to attend).
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Whenver the Palace Media last bashed individual liberty.
You wrote the title of your article beginning with ‘Q’, so it’ll be ignored alongside all the other ‘Q’ threads.
Times have changer, our laws have changed.
What’s next?
Times have changer, our laws have changed.
What’s next?
Frequent drunk poster.
Q when will people quit using a search engine run by people who hate you?
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