Post-War Trials and Sentencing Many of the staff from the Nazi concentration camps were arrested and tried for murder and acts of brutality against their prisoners after World War II. Some 3,600 women worked in the concentration camps, and around 60 stood trial before War Crimes Tribunals between 1945 and 1949. Of these, 21 were … Read more
Introduction.Hanging is the oldest but most widely used method of execution in the world today. In 2022, at least 630 men and 15 women were hanged in eleven countries. These executions took place in Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Myanmar, Palestine, Singapore, South Sudan and Syria. Hanging remains the standard method of execution in many retentionist … Read more
The garrotte (or garrote) was the standard civilian method of execution in Spain. It was introduced in 1812/13, at the beginning of the reign of Ferdinand VII, to replace the crude form of hanging previously used. At least 736 people, including 16 women, were executed in Spain in the 19th century. It is not clear … Read more
Derek Bentley remains one of the most controversial figures in the history of British criminal justice and capital punishment. Convicted of the murder of Police Constable Sidney Miles following a failed warehouse burglary in Croydon on 2 November 1952, Bentley was sentenced to death and hanged at Wandsworth Prison on 28 January 1953, despite the … Read more
Attribute Detail Subject Ruth Ellis (née Neilson) Historical Significance Last woman executed under British law Date of Execution 13 July 1955 Location HM Prison Holloway, London Executioner Albert Pierrepoint (assisted by Royston Rickard) Victim David Blakely (shot 10 April 1955 at The Magdala, Hampstead) Key Statutory Impact Spurred the Homicide Act 1957 (Diminished Responsibility) Ruth … Read more
