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ExecutedToday.com  vidkun quisling  Norway fully abolished the death penalty in 1979 and today registers ... given his surname to English and other languages as a synonym for traitor. ... the fascist party Nasjonal Samling to aid the Nazi conquest of his home country. ... Norway had abolished capital punishment in 1905, but its government-in-exile reinstated it...
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Capital punishment in France - Wikipedia  Capital punishment was practised in France from the Middle Ages until 1977, when the last ... Guillotine usage then spread to other countries such as Germany (where it had been used since ... With the arrival of Napoleon Bonaparte, the death penalty was reinstated on 12 February 1810, in the French Imperial Penal Code.
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Legal purge in Norway after World War II - Wikipedia  The legal purge in Norway after World War II took place between May 1945 and August 1948 against anyone who was deemed to have collaborated with the German occupation of the country. ... Capital punishment was reinstituted as an option, prison sentences under hard labor were approved, higher upper limits for...
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1945: Vidkun Quisling, who made his name as a traitor  Oct 24, 2008 ... On this date in 1945, eponymous Nazi collaborator Vidkun Quisling ... his surname to English and other languages as a synonym for traitor. ... Nasjonal Samling to aid the Nazi conquest of his home country. ... capital punishment in 1905, but its government-in-exile reinstated it ... 20  21  22  23  24  25  26.
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Part I: History of the Death Penalty | Death Penalty Information Center  1767 - Cesare Beccaria's essay, On Crimes and Punishment, theorizes that ... becomes the first woman executed since reinstatement of the death penalty. .... Britain influenced America's use of the death penalty more than any other country.
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war crimes facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...  It was adopted in 1946 by the General Assembly of the United Nations in a ... He was not charged with a "war crime" as such or tried by a special international tribunal. ..... orders, but the court rejected the claim, and he was hanged for his crimes. ... After the major trials in Nuremberg, American military tribunals held 809 trials...
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The execution of Eddie Slovik is authorized - Dec 23, 1944 ...  On this day in History, The execution of Eddie Slovik is authorized on Dec 23, 1944. ... of Eddie Slovik, who was tried for desertion, and authorizes his execution, the first such sentence against a U.S. Army soldier since the Civil ... Slovik would be shot to death by a 12-man firing squad in eastern France in January of 1945.
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Christer Pettersson - Wikipedia  Carl Gustaf Christer Pettersson (23 April 1947  29 September 2004) was a Swedish criminal who was a suspect in the 1986 assassination of Olof Palme, the Prime Minister of Sweden. In 1988 he was convicted of the murder in district court but acquitted on ... However, in 1989 he was freed after an appeal court cited lack of evidence,...
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Jeopary Questions page 2089 - ALPHABET SOUP - TriviaBistro.com  TRAITORS: To this Scottish hero, executed as a traitor, August 23, 1305, we raise not our martinis but our Gibsons  SEAN CONNERY FILMS: Connery caught...
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List of people convicted of treason - Wikipedia  This is a list of people convicted of treasons. Some countries have a high constitutional hurdle .... in 1990 sentence changed to 25 years of imprisonment, in 1995 sentence cancelled due to search of the 1st President of the Supreme Court,...
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Jacob Johan Anckarstrm - Wikipedia  Criminal penalty, Death. Criminal status, Executed. Conviction(s)  Murder. Jacob Johan Anckarstrm (11 May 1762  27 April 1792) was a Swedish military officer who assassinated Gustav III, king ... Drawing of Anckarstrm being flogged ... On 16 March 1792, Gustav III had returned to Stockholm, after spending the day at...
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'Not even once' - Thegardenisland.com: Editorial  Jul 3, 2010 ... This is a slap on the wrist of a serious offender. How does such an insufficient punishment for such a serious crime serve as a deterrent?
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Christer Pettersson | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers  The assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme ... In 1988 he was convicted of the murder in district court but acquitted on appeal the following year.
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The execution of David O. Dodd/ Little Rock Ar. | American Civil ...  He was tried by a court-martial, and sentenced to the mode of death always ... Even the great and good Washington approved of the hanging of the British spy, ... No one denies the right of the British to execute Nathan Hale or of Steele to ... Little Rock are among the state's recognitions of his life and death.
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The 102 inmates whose sentences were commuted - USA Today  Oct 6, 2016 ... President Obama commuted the federal prison sentences of 102 inmates Thursday. Here are their names and the details of their sentences.
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9 Infamous Assassins and the World Leaders They Dispatched ...  Sometimes the assassination of a leader is so shocking and profound that it triggers what ... allegedly fired three shots that killed President Kennedy and wounded Texas Gov. ... He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. .... use of power in the Indian National Congress during and after the partitioning of the country.
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12 Miami Jurors Receive Noriega's Case : Courts: The former ...  The fate of former Panamanian dictator Manuel A. Noriega, who is charged with 10 ... and drug smuggling for allegedly helping Colombian drug lords spirit tons of. ... April 04, 1992|ROBERT L. JACKSON | TIMES STAFF WRITER ... and only convict the deposed dictator if they found him "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."...
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Jailed S. Korea Ex-Presidents to Get Pardons - latimes  December 20, 1997|DAVID HOLLEY | TIMES STAFF WRITER ... agreed to pardon and release two former military-backed presidents imprisoned for mutiny, ... Former presidents Chun Doo Hwan and Roh Tae Woo "will be given special ... Chun and Roh were arrested in late 1995 for their roles in a 1979 mutiny and 1980...
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Drawing and quartering - New World Encyclopedia  Mar 24, 2016 ... The grisly punishment included the drawing of the convicted to the gallows, often by ... Often the disembowelment and castration of the victim would follow, the ... In Britain, the penalty of drawing and quartering was usually ... Noble traitors were merely beheaded, at first by sword and in later years by axe.
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By arresting them all & seizing their property in 1307, this country's ...  Jul 6, 2016 ... Darnay's arrested, Sydney Carton drugs him & takes his place in jail # Quiz # ... Bergman went into exile after a traumatic arrest for this in 1976...
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These 10 Countries Have The World's Highest Murder Rates ...  Apr 10, 2014 ... These 10 Countries Have The World's Highest Murder Rates ... year), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Global Homicide Report 2013. ... Tellingly, the U.N. notes that the Americas have a vastly lower conviction rate for murder, at 24 per .... Duterte: U.S. Treats Philippines Like 'Dogs On A Leash'...