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:
U.S. politicians getting scarier and scarier. Tom
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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?
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