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"Execution of Justice" by Emily Mann (U of M Alumna 1976), directed by Dominic Taylor. Performed April 16 - 24, 2010 in Rarig Center's Proscenium Theatre.
Photos by Cody Baldwin
Clemenza and I tracked down the spy for the . In the dark street, filled with the sound of our footsteps, he heard and he turned around, pulling a pistol as he did, but we had our pistols out first . The first 5 rounds caught him in the chest, and he fell, face down. We went to the body and pumped 4 more bullets in his back. As a finishing touch, I put a bullet into his brain. We left the body, and we rode away in a car that was waiting for us.
Cytadela Warszawska - Brama Straceń
The Warsaw Citadel is a fortress that was built in the 19th century when most of Poland was under Russian occupation. It was commissioned by Tsar Nicholas I after the suppression of the 1830 November Uprising, in order to bolster Russian control of Warsaw. As well as housing a Russian garrison it also served as a prison and place of execution.
Washington state officially closed its execution chamber Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in a ceremony at the State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, WA attended by Gov. Jay Inslee, First Spouse Trudi Inslee and Washington State Dept. of Correction officials.
English Civil War Society
By kind permission of the Royal Parks Department, the King’s Army Annual March and Parade will again follow the route taken by Charles I from St James Palace on the Mall to the place of his untimely death at the Banqueting House in Whitehall, London. This event is an established part of the London calendar and has followed a similar format now for forty years. The parade assembles from 11am outside St James Palace on The Mall and marches to form up on Horse Guards Parade, a considerable privilege for an organisation such as ourselves, from where a wreath is carried across Whitehall and placed at the execution site. A short service follows and awards and commissions are conferred on deserving members of the King’s Army.
Engraving
artist unknown
Temporary gallows were erected on several occasions at Cheapside between the 14th and 17th centuries. They were in place for over 100 days in 1554 following the execution of two rebels involved in a Protestant uprising against Mary I. On 8 May a dead cat, dressed as a priest with a shaven monk's head, was found strung up on the scaffold as an act of Protestant defiance.*
From the exhibition
Executions
(October 2022 – April 2023)
Exploring how public executions shaped Londoners’ lives and the city’s landscape in a major exhibition.
Public executions were a major part of Londoners’ lives for centuries.
From Smithfield to Southwark, from Banqueting House to Newgate Prison, executions became embedded in London’s landscape from the 12th century right through to the 19th. Even today, hints of this uncomfortable past can still be seen across the capital.
The Museum of London Docklands brought the rarely told and often tragic human stories behind these events to a new exhibition. Executions showcased a range of fascinating objects, paintings and projections, including the vest said to have been worn by King Charles I when he was executed, a recreation of the Tyburn gallows with an immersive projection, last letters of the condemned, and much more. Many of the items on display had rarely been seen in public.
[*Museum of London Docklands]
Taken in the Museum of London Docklands
"Execution of Justice" by Emily Mann (U of M Alumna 1976), directed by Dominic Taylor. Performed April 16 - 24, 2010 in Rarig Center's Proscenium Theatre.
Photos by Cody Baldwin
The lever on the gate in the middle of the room makes an eerie squeak, as it releases the trap doors underneath the person being executed.
This would have been one of the last sounds the 500+ executed in Fremantle Prison heard.
Macabre bit of history - not so long since we used to execute people as a public spectacle. They chose a place near the Cathedral!
"Execution of Justice" by Emily Mann (U of M Alumna 1976), directed by Dominic Taylor. Performed April 16 - 24, 2010 in Rarig Center's Proscenium Theatre.
Photos by Cody Baldwin
This is the known execution site of Anne Boleyn (second wife of Henry VII and mother of Elizabeth I) and Cathrine Howard (5th wife of Henry VII).
Our tour guide shows where the convicted were executed in the old Portuguese fort on Ilha de Moçambique. When the bodies were piled high,they would be loaded onto a boat at the nearby dock and taken to be dumped out at sea.