ALB PIERREPOINT ( UK THE LAST HANGMAN) 5 of 10

Albert Pierrepoint ( 1905 - 10 July 1992) is the most celebrated member of a Yorkshire family who provided three of Britain's Chief Executioners in the first half of the 20th century.
In 1901 Henry Pierrepoint ( 1874- 1922) was appointed to the list of executioners after repeatedly writing to the Home Office to offer his services. In his nine-year term of office Henry carried out 107 executions before being dismissed in July 1910 for arriving for an execution at Chelmsford prison "considerably the worse for drink", and having fought fellow hangman John Ellis the previous day. He did however persuade his older brother Thomas and son Albert to carry on in the family business.

Albert's first execution as "Number One" was that of gangster Antonio "Babe" Mancini at Pentonville Prison, London, on 17 October 1941, who said "Cheerio!" before the trap was sprung.

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[happyuk06]

Superb performance from Timothy Spall.

[I12BPhil]

@sunearthmoonjupiter Wrong! Murder is the taking of an INNOCENT life with malice aforethought! Taking the life of a person who wrongfully deprives an innocent person the rest of their life is called JUSTICE! It is a PUNISHMENT! Your sense of reason obviously ends a little too early to be able to make that distinction.

[mrspenn1611]

@Travolta73 and get another thrashing, for sure and you are very very wrong, the so called 'Reich' will never rise, fact. Have a nice day.

[mrspenn1611]

Despatched with ruthless efficiency

[FieldMarshalRommel23]

@Ymirheim Look; Revenge is justice.

[Ymirheim]

@FieldMarshalRommel23 Which is EXACTLY why we have a justice system that is meant to be objective and not for personal vengeance. Obviously anyone who is affected by a terrible crime will want revenge, but that is not justice. If we wanted that then the punishment for every criminal would be decided by the victims and I don't think anyone would really want to live in that kind of world.

[Travolta73]

...what you english incest bastards did to our german comrads will come back to you for sure...The Reich will rise again....

[Travolta73]

...ihr dreckigen Engländer...Büssen werdet ihr eines Tages...

[Travolta73]

HEIL HITLER! The Reich will take its revenge for your jewish crimes...

[FieldMarshalRommel23]

Wasn't the gallows outside?

[FieldMarshalRommel23]

@Ymirheim Say that to all the peopled murdered in prison each year! People for simple crimes such as theft are commonly murdered in prison. People who probably made one mistake and were good people at heart! In the EU there's currently no capital punishment but I know if someone done something to me I considered a capital offence i'd shoot them myself!

[Ymirheim]

@I12BPhil No it is in fact people who support the death penalty who have a sense of reason that ends a little too early, before taking into consideration that the justice system will inevitably fail and convict innocent people even if it is rare. Death and confinement for life both satisfies that the criminal never commits a crime again. The only difference you get from death is vengeance. I don't think that even a single innocently executed human being is an acceptable price for vengeance