Person: Albert Pierrepoint

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Comment: Covid pause on death-row executions gives time for fresh thinking on capital punishment

When Joe Biden is inaugurated in January there will be 52 prisoners left on federal death row in the US. It would not take him long to spare their lives, writes Ian O’Donnell

Thu, 12 Nov, 2020

How Ireland's only female executioner got the job

Elizabeth Sugrue saved herself from the gallows by offering to hang her fellow condemned, and thus became Ireland’s only female executioner, says Robert Hume

Thu, 18 Apr, 2019

Book review: The Hanging Club

Tony Parsons welcomes you to the latest chapter in the life of London policeman, Detective Constable Max Wolfe, in the third offering of this bestselling crime series.

Sat, 15 Oct, 2016

Execution no deterrent

YOUR thought-provoking article on reformed US executioners (Forum, October 15) prompts the question: Why did they not opt out of the evil process just as conscientious objectors to war do?

Thu, 20 Oct, 2011