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41Christina Johansdotter — (died 1740) was a Swedish murderer, who killed a child in Stockholm with the sole purpose of being executed. She is an example of those who seek suicide through execution by committing a murder. Contents 1 The murder 2 Context 3 See also …
42Capital and corporal punishment in Judaism — The Jewish tradition describes certain forms of corporal punishment and capital punishment for certain crimes, while cautioning against the use of such punishments. Contents 1 Capital punishment in classical sources 1.1 Stringencies of Evidence… …
43Hans Filbinger — Hans Karl Filbinger (15 September 1913 – 1 April 2007) was a conservative German politician and a leading member of the Christian Democratic Union in the 1960s and 1970s, serving as the first chairman of the CDU Baden Württemberg and vice… …
44France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
45Utilitarians (The early) — The early utilitarians Bentham and James Mill G.L.Williams Jeremy Bentham was born in 1748 in London; his prosperous father, a lawyer who became wealthy from property rather than the law, planned out for his son a brilliant legal career. After an …
46CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, the standard penalty for crime in all ancient civilizations. In the Bible Many of the crimes for which any biblical punishment is prescribed carry the death penalty. The three methods of executing criminals found in the Bible… …
47Dwight Watson — during the standoff Dwight Ware Watson (born September 28, 1952), dubbed the Tractor Man in the media, is a tobacco farmer from Whitakers, North Carolina, who brought much of Washington, D.C. to a standstill for two days when he drove a tractor… …
48Lynne Stewart — Lynne F. Stewart (born October 8, 1939) is an American radical activist. As an attorney she represented controversial and often unpopular defendants, including black nationalists, members of the Weather Underground, Mafia figures, and convicted… …
49Jeremy Jaynes — (born 1974) was a prolific e mail spammer, broadcasting junk e mail from his home in North Carolina, United States. He became the first person in the world to be convicted of felony spam, i.e., convicted of a felony for sending spam without… …
50Convicts in Australia — The Fremantle Prison whipping post. The prison was built by convict labour in the 1850s. During the late 18th and 19th centuries, large numbers of convicts were transported to the various Australian penal colonies by the British government. One… …
