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SS personal about to execute some Partisans after having a recon patrol attacked.
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1994, Soweto, South Africa --- South African police arrest a Zulu man suspected of being a sniper, a few weeks before South Africa's free elections of April 1994. Severe conflicts between the Zulu Inkatha Freedom Party and the African National Congress broke out during preparations for the election --- Image by � David Turnley/CORBIS
West Virginia State Penitentiary at Moundsville
A very interesting read from Wikipedia:
Design
The West Virginia State Penitentiary's design is similar to the facility at the 1858 state prison in Joliet, Illinois, with its castellated Gothic, stone structure, complete with turrets and battlements, except it is scaled down to half the size.The original architectural designs have been lost. The dimensions of the parallelogram-shaped prison yard are 82½ feet in length, by 352½ feet in width. The stone walls are 5 feet (1.5 m) thick at the base, tapering to 2½ feet at the top, with foundations 5 feet (1.5 m) deep. The center tower section is 682 feet (208 m) long. It lies at the western side of the complex along Jefferson Avenue and is considered the front, as this is where the main entrance is located. The walls here are 24 feet (7.3 m) high and 6 feet (1.8 m) wide at the base, tapering to 18 inches (460 mm) towards the top.
Founding
In 1863, West Virginia seceded from Virginia at the height of the American Civil War. Consequently, the new state had a shortage of various public institutions, including prisons. From 1863 to 1866, Governor Arthur I. Boreman lobbied the West Virginia Legislature for a state penitentiary but was repeatedly denied. The Legislature at first directed him to send the prisoners to other institutions out of the state, and then they directed him to use existing county jails, which turned out to be inadequate. After nine inmates escaped in 1865, the local press took up the cause, and the Legislature took action. On February 7, 1866, the state legislature approved the purchase of land in Moundsville for the purpose of constructing a state prison. Ten acres were purchased just outside the then city limits of Moundsville for $3000. Moundsville proved an attractive site, as it is approximately twelve miles south of Wheeling, West Virginia, which at that time was the state capital.
The state built a temporary wooden prison nearby that summer. This gave prison officials time to assess what prison design should be used. They chose a modified version of the design of Northern Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet. Its Gothic Revival architecture "exhibit[ed], as much as possible, great strength and convey[ed] to the mind a cheerless blank indicative of the misery which awaits the unhappy being who enters within its walls."
The first building constructed on the site was the North Wagon Gate. It was made with hand-cut sandstone, which was quarried from a local site.The state used prison labor during the construction process, and work continued on this first phase until 1876. When completed, the total cost was of $363,061. In addition to the North Wagon Gate, there was now north and south cellblock areas (both measuring 300 ft. by 52 ft. South Hall had 224 cells (7 ft. by 4 ft.), and North Hall had a kitchen, dining area, hospital, and chapel. A 4-story tower connecting the two was the administration building (measuring 75 ft. by 75 ft.) It included space for female inmates and personal living quarters for the warden and his family. The facility officially opened in this year, and it had a prison population of 251 male inmates, including some who had helped construct the prison where they were incarcerated. After this phase, work began on prison workshops and other secondary facilities
Operation
In addition to construction, the inmates had other jobs to do in support of the prison. In the early 1900s some industries within the prison walls included a carpentry shop, a paint shop, a wagon shop, a stone yard, a brickyard, a blacksmith, a tailor, a bakery, and a hospital. At the same time, revenue from the prison farm and inmate labor helped the prison financially. It was virtually self-sufficient. A prison coal mine located a mile away opened in 1921. This mine helped fill some of the prison's energy needs and saved the state an estimated $14,000 a year. Some inmates were allowed to stay at the mine's camp under the supervision of a mine foreman, who was not a prison employee.
Conditions at the prison during the turn of the 20th century were good, according to a warden's report, which stated that, "both the quantity and the quality of all the purchases of material, food and clothing have been very gradually, but steadily, improved, while the discipline has become more nearly perfect and the exaction of labor less stringent." Education was a priority for the inmates during this time. They regularly attended class. Construction of a school and library was completed in 1900 to help reform and educate inmates.
Cells where the prison's worst inmates were kept.
However, the conditions at the prison worsened through the years, and the facility would be ranked on the United States Department of Justice's Top Ten Most Violent Correctional Facilities list. One of the more infamous locations in the prison, with instances of gambling, fighting, and raping, was a recreation room known as "The Sugar Shack".
A notable inmate in the early 20th century was labor activist Eugene V. Debs, who served time here from April 13 to June 14, 1919 (at which time he was transferred to an Atlanta prison) on charges of violating the Espionage Act of 1917.
In 1929, the state decided to double the size of the penitentiary because overcrowding was a problem. The 5 x 7-foot (2.1 m) cells were too small to hold three prisoners at a time, but until the expansion there was no other option. Two prisoners would sleep in the bunks, with the third sleeping on a mattress on the floor. The state used prison labor again and completed this phase of construction in 1959. The construction had been delayed by a steel shortage during World War II.
In total, thirty-six homicides took place in the prison. One of the more notable ones is the butchering of R.D. Wall, inmate number 44670. On October 8, 1929, after "snitching" on his fellow inmates, he was attacked while heading to the boiler room by three prisoners with dull shivs.
In 1983, convicted multiple murderer Charles Manson requested to be transferred to this prison to be nearer to his family. His request was denied.
1979 prison break
On Wednesday, November 7, 1979, fifteen prisoners escaped from the prison. One of the escapees was Ronald Turney Williams, serving time for murdering Sergeant David Lilly of the Beckley Police Department on May 12, 1975. He managed to steal a prison guard's service weapon in the escape, and upon reaching the streets of Moundsville, encountered twenty-three-year-old off-duty West Virginia State Trooper Philip S. Kesner, who was driving past the prison with his wife.
Trooper Kesner saw the escapees and attempted to take action against them. The prisoners pulled him from his car and Williams shot him. Trooper Kesner returned fire at the fleeing suspects despite being mortally wounded.
Williams remained at large for eighteen months, sending taunting notes to authorities and making the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. During that time, he murdered John Bunchek in Scottsdale, Arizona during a robbery and was connected to crimes in Colorado and Pennsylvania. After a shootout with federal agents at the George Washington Hotel in New York City in 1981, he was apprehended and returned to West Virginia to complete several life sentences. Arizona had sought his extradition for his execution, but as of 19 January 2018 he remains in West Virginia custody.
At the time, Marshall County Sheriff Robert Lightner was very critical about poor police communications during the break. The sheriff's office and local police did not learn about the escape from the state police. They first heard of it over the police scanner. "It was a good twenty minutes before we knew about the escape. If somebody had notified us, there's a good chance that the sheriff's department and the Moundsville police could have been on the scene while all the prisoners were still on the block." He was also critical of the four-state manhunt that followed, when convicted murderers David Morgan and Ronald T. Williams, along with convicted rapist Harold Gowers, Jr., remained at large. "Communications have been very poor. I think they should keep the local law enforcement officers more informed I have no idea what they're doing, what they've found."
1986 riot
January 1, 1986 was the date of one of the most infamous riots in recent history.[citation needed] The West Virginia Penitentiary was undergoing many changes and problems. Security had become extremely loose in all areas. Since it was a "cons" prison, most of the locks on the cells had been picked and inmates roamed the halls freely. Bad plumbing and insects caused rapid spreading of various diseases. The prison was holding more than 2,000 men and crowding was an issue. Another major contribution to the riot's cause was the fact that it was a holiday. Many of the officers had called off work, and prisoners planned to conduct their uprising on this specific day.
At around 5:30 pm, twenty inmates, known as a group called the Avengers, stormed the mess hall where Captain Glassock and others were on duty. "Within seconds, he (Captain Glassock), five other officers, and a food service worker were tackled and slammed to the floor. Inmates put knives to their throats and handcuffed them with their own handcuffs."Although several hostages were taken throughout the day, none of them was seriously injured. However, over the course of the two-day upheaval, three inmates were killed for an assortment of reasons. "The inmates who initiated the riot were not prepared to take charge of it. Danny Lehman, the Avengers' president, was quickly agreed upon as best suited for the task of negotiating with authorities and presenting the demands to the media." Yet, Lehman was not a part of the twenty men who began the riot. Governor Arch A. Moore, Jr. was sent to the penitentiary to talk with the inmates. This meeting set up a new list of rules and standards on which the prison would build. National and local news covered the story, as well as the inmates meeting with Governor Moore.
Decommissioning
Toward the end of its life as a prison, the facility was marked by many instances of riots and escapes. In the 1960s, the prison reached a peak population of about 2,000 inmates.[4] With the building of more prisons, that number declined to 600 – 700 inmates by 1995. The fate of the prison was sealed in a 1986 ruling by the West Virginia Supreme Court which stated that confinement to the 5 x 7-foot (2.1 m) cells constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Within nine years, the West Virginia State was closed as a prison. Most of the inmates were transferred to the Mt. Olive Correctional Complex in Fayette County, West Virginia.A smaller correctional facility was built a mile away in Moundsville to serve as a regional jail.
Executions
The original Old Sparky on display
From 1899 to 1959, ninety-four men were executed at the prison. Hanging was the method of execution until 1949, with eighty-five men meeting that fate. The public could attend hangings, which were public until June 19, 1931. On that date, Frank Hyer was executed for murdering his wife. When the trap door beneath him was opened and his full weight settled into the noose, he was instantly decapitated. Following this event, attendance at hangings was by invitation only. The last man executed by hanging, Bud Peterson from Logan County, was buried in the prison's cemetery because his family refused to claim his body.
Beginning in 1951, electrocution became the means of execution. The electric chair, nicknamed "Old Sparky", used by the prison was originally built by an inmate there, Paul Glenn. Nine men were electrocuted before the state prohibited capital punishment entirely in 1965. The original chair is on display in the facility and is included in the official tour.
The prison has been featured in a variety of books, films, television shows, songs and video games.
Novels
Moundsville native Davis Grubb has written a couple of novels with Moundsville as the setting, Fools' Parade (also known as Dynamite Man from Glory Jail) and The Night of the Hunter. The penitentiary was featured as a significant part of each plot.
Film
These works by Grubb have been adapted as major motion pictures. The Night of the Hunter was adapted into a film by Charles Laughton and James Agee in 1955. It stars Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters. Fools' Parade, starring James Stewart, Kurt Russell, and George Kennedy, was adapted into a film in 1971.
Prison scenes in the 2013 film Out of the Furnace were filmed on site at the penitentiary.[19]
Television
Many ghost-themed or science fiction television shows have visited the prison:
* ABC Family’s Scariest Places on Earth originally aired on October 29, 2002.
* A&E's Paranormal State originally aired on January 12, 2010.
* Discovery Channel's Ghost Lab originally aired on November 20, 2010.
* MTV's Fear allowed six college students to experience the so-called "haunted prison" for themselves in the 2000 pilot episode.
* Syfy's The Dresden Files. (Exterior images)[citation needed]
* Syfy's Ghost Hunters episode 303, originally aired on October 25, 2006.
* Syfy's Stranded, a paranormal reality show, featured the prison in the first season's third episode on March 13, 2013.[20]
* Syfy's Warehouse 13. (Exterior images)[citation needed]
* Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures originally aired on October 31, 2008.
* Destination America's Ghost Asylum, which originally aired on May 17, 2015.
* Netflix’s Mindhunter, which originally aired on October 13, 2017.
Songs Edit
The prison is mentioned in the song "You Missed My Heart" by Mark Kozelek and Jimmy LaValle on their 2013 collaboration Perils from the Sea. Kozelek also references Wheeling, West Virginia in his lyrics to the song.
The first outdoor event in London, UK, since the beginning of the troublesome virus and I was a little rusty.
Commemoration of the execution of King Charles Ist.
IDEA : Giving my 2.5 year old daughter a head start in education. Hence buying her lots of ABCs, 123s.
Execution: Just so happens that on the first day, she decided to put everything on the floor.
Making Lemonade : Since the floor looked like this, i decided to snap it.
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I had done a photo like this almost 2 years ago that was inspired by terra kate and wanted to redo it, I'll try to find the first one and post it in the comment box!
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Soirée de recueillement à la suite des événements majeurs qui se sont produits.
Rassemblement silencieux, témoignages d'affection mais également présence de la presse internationale qui témoignent de la gravité et de la solennité de toutes et tous devant la barbarie.
Lieu d'hommage:
angle de la rue Nicolas Appert et du passage Sainte-Anne Popincourt
ODC - Scissors, Saw, Knife
Post Christmas execution of a credit card as part of a New Year's resolution!
Back in 1853 Anders Gustav Pettersson brutally murdered his employer Hugo Fredrik Jaedren at the gates to the Näringsberg estate, together with a compatriot. They were arrested the following day. The trial took place at Tingshuset in Västerhaninge, and two years later Anders Gustav Pettersson became the last person to be executed at this galgsten in Jordbro. He was beheaded. My third photo from today's Thursday Walk for Utata.
Execution on Gibbela
19 BBY "The blaster fire has stopped, the battlefield has gone silent, we've finally chased the CIS out of the farmland of Gibbela. With the news of both general grievous and count dooku's deaths this war's end is in sight. Now the only things left to do are informing commander chase of our imminent departure and prepare for my debriefing with the council. Hopefully this will be my last battle of this wretched war."
A week after making my first attempt to shoot the ideal morning FEC southbound at the MP 356.1 s-curve, the stars would align on Wednesday, September 16th, 2022. Florida East Coast Railway train 193-16, southbound empty limerock & hypercholrite solution traffic from Ft. Pierce, rolls down the grade along the curves past the North Miami Audi dealership with an unorthodox set of power, with 138 cars bound for FEC’s Medley Yard. Leading the train is #FEC713, another one of the railroads former-Union Pacific SD40-2s acquired in 2001, built as UP 3743 in 1980; Trailing is #FEC802 [ES44C4].
This locomotive duo had been captive on the 292/193 unit train for a little over two weeks then, running up to Ft. Pierce from Medley and back on overnight runs, avoiding many of the local photographers. However, the night before, in September 15th, northbound FEC 292-15 encountered a bad order on their train, involving one of their loaded limerock hoppers that suffered a chute malfunction. The bad ordered car dumped its entire load along the mainline. The train made it to Ft. Pierce late, and subsequently departed Ft. Pierce southbound closer to daylight. They would pass through North Miami at 08:09.
Continuing on with the previous post [“Practice”], the stars aligned on the 16th; the late-running 193-16, SD40-2 leader, a clear morning forecast, and no Brightline trains for another 30 minutes. Upon setting up at NE 141st St, only a half hour of waiting was required until the train arrived, with northbound BLF702-16 providing some warmup before the rock runner. Truly one of my favorite shots of the FEC down in South Florida.
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North Miami, FL
FEC Mainline
09-16-2022 | 08:09
ID: FEC 193-16
Type: Unit Empty Rock
Direction: Southbound
Car Count: 138
1. FEC SD40-2 #713
2. FEC ES44C4 #802
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She amazes me, at 12 she can still run and catch the ball like she did when she was much younger. Her eye and mouth coordination is still very good.
It is a place with an ominous ambience if you know what happened here. Just below the top of Gallowhill, deep in the woodland is a place of execution. It is said that the gallows were situated on a flat ledge just below the summit of the hill which has commanding views across the Moray Firth, and is the highest point for miles.
This was where many a person who upset the local landowners met their end, their corpses dangling from a gallows would have been visible for miles around. Details are sketchy, but the hill and woodlands are named after the execution site.
There are natural woodlands around the hill, mainly ancient caledonian pines and birches with oaks near the foot but with occasional examples all the way up to near the summit. Much has been planted now, with an array of giant alien commercial species and a wide range of more ornamental varieties closer to the ruined castle of Redcastle.
Redcastle claimed to be the oldest inhabited castle until it was abandoned as giant cracks appeared in the walls and it was deemed too expensive to repair or stop it from toppling into the gully behind. But it is clinging on gamely and still stands. It is from this ancient stronghold that local justice was meted out.
I found the flat place below the summit. It is now covered in birch, with the odd magnificent old pine. Whether the gallows was constructed or they just used a convenient tree - a common practice in the highlands (there is a fantastic gallows tree in Drumnadrochit, beside the Benleva Hotel, for example) is unclear.
The flat place is like a 100 yard long ledge, around the south side of the summit. It has a slight corner in the middle and I thought that would make the best location if deterent visibility was key. As I walked further along I saw an old pine. Bearing in mind that it can be difficult to age old pines, some really old ones are short and stunted and some young ones can be really tall. Perhaps nature has provided the perfect natural hanging tree?
From the archives, taken a few years ago with my trusty D7000. A sunset game of basketball on Clapham Common.
Flickering Executions Shadows Of Madness.
Экстремальные философия непрекращающиеся пресловутые пламенные вдохов рассчитывается жалкие действия,
Folgen atemlos Gefühle Einbildungen Diminutiv Beteuerung der Verhöhnung des Schneid absteigend,
horreurs hideuses dévastatrices dissolutions saignantes structures vives Bouffons pestilence empêché mascarade,
ornamente îngrozitoare meditatii nervoase arestat gaieties camere writhed teribil emoții delirante,
absconditus est vera lux aeterna fornace ferrea vincula angitur tenebris domos dira tormenta muta metu immortalis mortis legibus sulphureo,
opprivende visjoner sturen alder ruinerende oppgaver dele ønsker forferdelige skyer skjelvende røster tårevåte leksjoner vises,
ζοφερή τύψεις σφύριγμα έρημο τρομακτική εγκαταλείψει τα μάτια τεράστια τεράστια αναφιλητό αιωνιότητα ζηλεύει κρησφύγετα καταβροχθίζοντας ελπίδες,
深淵悲しげな谷を叫ん都市を研削振子住民透明認識ヒトへの感染が満たさ.
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The photographer captures the actual moment of the condemned's reaction to being riddled with bullets.
Singapore chinatown had put up it current lunar mid autum festival decoration with extraordinary light up of beautiful tradintional lantern. This my first vantage point getting myself up here. The experience wasn't seen totally satisfy. Unfortunately , the thick haze is letting down the possibility to explore it best beauty of compromise weather. No sunset as expected so waiting for the blue hour is mainly another great execution.
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THE EXECUTION
The execution took place on 12 January 1830. Björn Blöndal had ordered all the farmers in the vicinity to attend and, if they could not come themselves, they were to send someone in their stead. About one hundred and forty farmers stood in three large circles around the execution platform.
AFTAKAN
Aftakan fór fram 12. janúar 1830. Björn Blöndal hafði boðað bændur úr nágrenninu til að vera viðstaddir og kæmust þeir ekki sjálfir skyldu þeir senda einhvern annan i sinn stað. Um hundrað og fjörutíu bændur stóðu í þremur stórum hringjum utan um aftökupallinn.
**To the far right partners are sizing up this historic site.