Legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime

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The crucifixion of Christ ('The Great Crucifixion'). Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1589, after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.

Opere di Cesare Beccaria. Volume unico / [Cesare Beccaria].

'Dr. Dooreslaer' appearing with mythological figures and scenes of feasting and execution. Line engraving, c. 1650.

A dreadful warning for drunkards, or The execution and confession of Fabian Price, a souldier : who was executed at Tyburn, on Wednesday the tenth of the instant July; for murdering another souldier in the parish of Chiswick, in his drink. As also of James Smith, who was executed on Thursday the eleventh, at Hounslow Heath, for running away from his Colours. With the manner of their behavior in prison, and at the places of execution.

For the sake of example : capital courts-martial 1914-1920 / by Anthony Babington ; with a postscript by Frank Richardson.

Death and disgrace : capital penalties with post mortem sanctions in early Roman historiography / Katariina Mustakallio.

On hanging : considered from a mechanical and physiological point of view / by Samuel Haughton.

Étude médico-légale sur la pendaison, la strangulation et la suffocation / par Ambroise Tardieu.

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Capital Punishment

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For the sake of example : capital courts-martial 1914-1920 / by Anthony Babington ; with a postscript by Frank Richardson.

Death and disgrace : capital penalties with post mortem sanctions in early Roman historiography / Katariina Mustakallio.

On hanging : considered from a mechanical and physiological point of view / by Samuel Haughton.

Étude médico-légale sur la pendaison, la strangulation et la suffocation / par Ambroise Tardieu.

Capital Punishment

Images from the collections

Images about Capital Punishment

Works from the collections

For the sake of example : capital courts-martial 1914-1920 / by Anthony Babington ; with a postscript by Frank Richardson.

Death and disgrace : capital penalties with post mortem sanctions in early Roman historiography / Katariina Mustakallio.

On hanging : considered from a mechanical and physiological point of view / by Samuel Haughton.

Étude médico-légale sur la pendaison, la strangulation et la suffocation / par Ambroise Tardieu.

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