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Hidden in a room behind the height gauge, a gunman would shoot the prisoner in the back of the head.
يا زمان العجايب وش بعد ما ظهـر
كل ما قلت هانت جـد علـمٍ جديـد
إن حكينا ندمنـا وإن سكتنـا قهـر
بين قلبٍ عطيب وبيـن راس عنيـد
لو تفيد المدامع كـان أسيّـل نهـر
مير كثر التوجّد والدمـع مـا يفيـد
اصبر ايام واشهر واتصبـرّ دهـر
وان حصلّ لي مناتي جيت لوني بعيد
ارجي الله واراقب كل طالـع شهـر
يجلي الهم عني أو عسى مـا يزيـد
يا غزالٍ فضوح الزّين عنه أشتهـر
في عيوني ملاك ووسط قلبي وحيـد
مخطي اللي يشبّه وجنتـك بالزهـر
الزهر ما له رماحٍ تصيب وتصيـد
لو جحدت المحبة سقم حالـي جهـر
مير ما كل قلبٍ ياصل اللـي يريـد
The death sentence handed down to (The execution of) British drug smuggler Akmal Shaikh and the requests for clemency from the British government and other groups has highlighted the conflicting attitudes towards both the death penalty and the defense of “diminished responsibility” in China and the UK.
The has set off a torrent of discussion on-line with thousands of comments left at ifeng.com - a popular Chinese website that has been reporting the case.
The vast majority are of the opinion that it would not only be unfair but a serious challenge to Chinese law if the government spared the life of a convicted drug smuggler. These people insist there should be no sympathy for drug smugglers as heroin is one of the most dangerous drugs on the planet. They say it harms people, society and families – and the problems it causes cost the government billions a year. In addition there’s a widespread feeling that the way China runs its legal system is nothing to do with outsiders. They say this man was in China when he committed the crime and it should be up to the Chinese courts to punish criminals as they see fit.
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The collection of diesels as the temporary allocation of the 330/474 is largely comprised of E’s, but a few WVL’s are also used. Most are from the 11 reg batch last used on the D7, but an older one is WVL293.
This one was displaced from the 321 at New Cross in early 2023, but together with sister WVL294 it avoided the chop thanks to being sent to Northumberland Park to cover for a couple of 476 allocated WVN’s which had met premature ends.
WVL293 is seen at Beckton Bus Station, running about 10 minutes late after the wheelchair ramp had a hissy fit just after I boarded at North Woolwich.
The first cascaded WHV’s (from the 188) are finally starting to arrive, so the conversation might take place soon.
WVL294 is still in the fleet too, helping out at Bexleyheath pending electrics. 2.10.25.
Did this a few weeks ago with some mates. Dusty V doing the wire wool spin and Nick with the gun to my head (which I think he enjoyed more than he should of done).
Detail of the east window at Heather by Burlison & Grylls, c1884.
St John the Baptist's church at Heather is 14th century in origin but aside from the tower was largely rebuilt during a major restoration in 1846. There is an attractive post-reformation memorial in the chancel and three windows by Burlison & Grylls.
I don't think this church is normally open outside of services.
For more information see its entry on the Leicestershire Churches site below:-
www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/heather-church-st-john-t...
Each dot is a bullet hole.
Death sentences usually took place at night, starting from 22:00. The sentenced inmate was taken from the cell to the execution chamber with hands in handcuffs or tied up. In the execution chamber, a Cheka officer would stand next to the door; then, he fired a shot to the forehead.
The walls of the execution chamber were covered with wooden panels and additional layers of rubber-coated fabric. A hole in the room’s corner collected the blood of the person executed. The doors had extra noise isolation material to muffle the sound of the shots. Moreover, a truck engine kept running straight outside the room.
Afterward, the KGB officers wrapped the dead bodies and buried them in the forest.
To ensure that Josue Cedeno's regin of terror is ultimately put to bed, Wei prepares his final strike. The end.
Business Books That Matter is a new Book Club program co-organized by White & Lee and the Software Development Forum (SDForum) and sponsored by Microsoft.
The conversation centered on Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan.
Moderator:
Mark Cameron White
Partner, White & Lee LLP
Panelists:
J. Peter Herz
Former CEO of 3ware, Inc. and Board Chairman, IPextreme, Inc.
Bruce Lichorowic
CEO, Intalio, Inc.
General consensus was that the book was good for large company process execution with a Midwest mentality. But in the Silicon Valley, emphasis is on innovation and practice.
According to the Westminster manuscript, Sir Henry Yelverton-
“all ye time of [Edmund Arrowsmith's] Execution stood in his Chamber-window looking thro a Perspective Glass, & when ye Prisoner was turned off ye Ladder he called for his Dinner, & made his Word good; for he had vowed he would not dine till he was dead. After Dinner ye Judge was presented with a Brace of Deer, giving his opinion of their fatness. The were brought to him the B[lesse]d Man's Quarters & Head (a cruelty never heard of any that ever suffered in England, our Lord being pleased to honour our Martyr with a resemblance to his bd Precursor St John Baptist) at sight whereof (as men say) he made an unhuman & savage Comparison between them & the Buck's that were broken up.
When ye Judge departed from Lancaster seeing his head upon the Castle amongst the Pinnacles thought it not high enough for Example sake, & therefore gave strict comand to his officers to see it set 6 yards above the Pinnacle...”.*
Born in 1566 and knighted in 1613 Henry Yelverton had fallen victim to political intrigue during the latter part of the reign of James I, losing his position as attorney-general and spending some time imprisoned in the Tower of London. Later rehabilitated, he was promoted to the bench as a fifth judge of the Court of Common Pleas soon after the accession of Charles I. A postscript to the account of Edmund Arrowsmith's trial and execution published in 1737 observes that
“Divine Justice is not to be avoided without Penance, and Satisfaction: In a little more than a Year it overtook the inhuman Judge; for on the twenty third of January 1629-30, the Judge sitting at Supper felt a Blow on his Head, as if some one had struck him with his Fist; upon which he fell in a Passion against the Servant, that waited behind him; but he protesting, that neither he had strucken him, nor seen any one strike, he received a second Blow like the first, and was carried under great Terrors, and Fear to Bed, where the next Morning he was found struggling with Death, and departed, leaving an Example, and a Warning to Judges. Whether these two Blows were to call to his Remembrance the Deaths of F ARROWSMITH, and RICHARD HERST, two innocent Persons, against whom he passed an unjust Sentence, is left here to the dread Judgements of God”.
It is worth adding, perhaps, that the monster of the Catholic accounts of the trial of Edmund Arrowmith was, according to legal historian Edward Foss, “much respected and admired by his contemporaries for his eloquence, his courage, his integrity and his learning. His reputation as a lawyer was very great, and was not diminished by the subsequent publication, by Sir W Wylde, of his 'Reports of Special Cases'”.**
Sir Henry Yelverton had been assisted at the trial by Sir James Whitelocke (1570-1632), whose portrait -above, right- now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery.*** Like his senior, Sir James had been a victim of political intrigue in the early Stuart period and had also spent some time in prison. Similarly rehabilitated, he was knighted and made chief justice of Chester in 1620, becoming a King's Bench judge in 1624. The 1737 tract records that he “refused to sign the Warrant” that had initially been prepared for the execution of Edmund Arrowsmith.**** His own “Liber Famelicus” -a record of the main events of his career, printed in 1858 by the Camden Society- does not mention the Arrowsmith trial specifically but does include Sir Henry Yelverton in a list of “my speciall frends and acquayntance”.
*Westminster Archdiocesan Archives ref. AAW A22/129. The letter of Rev William Harte at ref. AAW A22/156 says: “After dinner there were presented to him two fat stags, which as he did behold, admiring their fatness, the martyr's head and quarters were brought into his sight, whereupon he did make uncivil and barbarous comparison between the quarters of the one and of the other”.
**“Biographia juridica: a biographical dictionary of the judges of England from the conquest to the present time, 1066-1870” (J Murray, 1870). Shown above, left, is the title page from a copy of a French second (1674) edition of “The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton, Knight and Baronet, Formerly one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas...”. The collection was originally published by William Wylde in 1661. A 3rd edition, in English, was published by Charles Corbett in 1735.
***Circa 1632, oil on board (66cm x 52cm), artist unknown. The inscriptions read (left side:) “Jacobus Whitlocke miles / unus Justiciarum / ad placita corum / ipso rege” (“James Whitlocke, knight, one of the justices for pleas before the King himself”); “Nec Beneficio, nec Metu” (“Neither by benefice nor by fear”); (right side:) “Vixit annos 61 mensis 6 / dies 24. / Obiit 21. July. 1632” (“Lived 61 years, 6 months, 24 days. Died 21 July 1632”); “Imago posthuma” (“Posthumous image”).
****Rev Francis Barber says in his letter, ref. AAW A22/143: “Judge Yelverton having wrote his commission sent it to his brother Whitlock to sign, who seeing it said that his brother Yelverton should sign it first. Whereupon it was carried back to Yelverton, who signed it; then it was brought to Whitlock, who would not put his hand to it, and said, moreover, that perchance it would cost Yelverton £560. At this Yelverton was much offended, and said, seeing it was an act of the court, both the priest and the layman [Herst] should die”. Per Henry Foley's “Records of the English Province...”, Vol 2: “The strange sum, named above, may have regard to some fact well known at the time, but to which we have now no clue”.
Concept is nice, execution lacking.
First time trying Beans Bin. Another chain store billing itself as a specialty shop with lots of single origin coffees to choose from.
I ordered the Guatemala Antigua which was served as an espresso and an americano (barista said they weren't doing hand-drip for whatever reason).
Taste: acrid, medicinal, meh.
(R) The End of the Commune – Execution of a Petroleuse. From The Graphic illustrated newspaper (Archive newspaper print, June 10, 1871)
(L) Eoghan McTigue - Empty Sign (1998)
Installation view
Anguish and Enthusiasm
13 April - 18 August 2013
Cornerhouse, Manchester
Image by Jan Dixon and Emily Dixon | www.WeAreTAPE.com
The man suspected for the killing of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 was himself assassinated, on his way from questioning to the prison.
There was lots of press waiting for photos and interviews as it was believed this would be one of the few opportunities in a long time.
There was lots of lights for the tv cameras and photographers, making it difficult for the police to see what was really happening, when Jack Ruby, a nightclub owner, stepped forward with gun in his hand, shooting Oswald dead, all on live tv.
And thus creating an enormous amount of conspiration theories...
Some creative freedom as to hats and weapon of choise here btw ;D
Thanks for all the comments guys, I'm on my way for a holiday, so will get back to you as soon as I'm back home:) Hope you all have a splendid summer in the mean time :D
We ran across this strange fun house sort of museum in Long Beach WA. You put a quarter in and then you get to watch the little doll be executed.
Commander's log, date 05.03.2735:
My execution came and went. I had been 'cuffed again, and a hood had been put over my head. I was ready to die. I figured I could at least die with the satisfactory knowledge that I hadn't given away any DDF secrets. But then I heard some screams. They were the screams of the guards, as Jim was decapitating them. He rescued me, and I was quite astounded to see him. After all, I had believed him to be dead. But he explained the situation to me. He had actually come across a DM underwater patrol in the pond. It was the DM underwater patrol's blood I had seen, not Jim's. But he had gotten caught on a rock down there, so it was a while before he surfaced. He found a lone DM soldier and killed him to get weapons. Then he gathered intel and found me. And what a relief that was! Now, Jim and I shall return to base to resume our normal activities.
Jeremy Croup, Commander of the DDF, signing out.
After the war, Kamp Kommandant Rudolf Hoess evaded capture for almost a year, before his wife gave him away, fearing that her son, Klaus, would be shipped off to the Soviet Union, where he surely would, at minimum, be sent to the gulag and be tortured.
During the Nuremberg Trials, he appeared as a witness in the trials of Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Oswald Pohl, and the IG Farben corporation. On 25 May 1946, he was handed over to Polish authorities and the Supreme National Tribunal in Poland tried him for murder.
During his trial, when accused of murdering three and a half million people. Höss replied, "No. Only two and one half million — the rest died from disease and starvation."
Höss was sentenced to death on 2 April 1947.
Four days before he was executed, Höss sent a message to the state prosecutor, including these comments:
“My conscience compels me to make the following declaration. In the solitude of my prison cell I have come to the bitter recognition that I have sinned gravely against humanity. As Commandant of Auschwitz I was responsible for carrying out part of the cruel plans of the 'Third Reich' for human destruction. In so doing I have inflicted terrible wounds on humanity. I caused unspeakable suffering for the Polish people in particular. I am to pay for this with my life. May the Lord God forgive one day what I have done."
The sentence was carried out on 16 April immediately adjacent to the crematorium of the former Auschwitz I concentration camp. He was hanged on gallows constructed specifically for that purpose, at the former location of the camp Gestapo