North Carolina GOP Lawmaker Calls For Bringing Back Public Hangings, Starting With Abortion Providers



The last legal public hanging in America took place in 1936 in Owensboro, Kentucky. The “event” attracted 20,000 people and turned into such a sickening spectacle that many credit it with ending the practice in the U.S.

But one North Carolina Republican believes that as a country we’ve grown soft since banning public hangings and is calling for them to reinstated as a deterrent to crime. If Rep. Larry Pittman had his way, “abortionists, rapists, and kidnappers” would be first in line for the gallows:

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U.S. politicians getting scarier and scarier. Tom

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

There ought to be a sanity test for politicians. How can Americans despise religious persecution by the Taliban and yet harbour these people as representatives of the people?