With special thanks to my friend Christian Schrepper for his many hours of work researching Spanish executions and making this data available. Garrotting became the normal method of execution in Spain from 1812/13, however, hanging continued to be used for a few years. Shooting was also used up to abolition in 1975. These are denoted by hanged … Read more
It is estimated that 340 men have been executed in the U.S. by firing squad since 1600. Many of these were military executions carried out during the Civil War, and there have been 144 civilian shooting executions. Oklahoma carried out 24 executions between 1880 and 1899, and it was used for 23 executions in California … Read more
In most countries, up until the 20th century, shooting was reserved for military personnel with civilians being executed by other methods, mostly hanging. For some reason, shooting was considered a more honourable death for soldiers than hanging. From the military perspective it had obvious advantages – the necessary personnel and equipment for a firing squad … Read more
