"I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge which takes the easy way and hands over the responsibility for revenge to other people."
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Executioner: Pierrepoint. Harrap 1974. p. 210.
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Albert Pierrepoint
1905 – 1992
britischer Henker
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