Hangings
61Derby Gaol — The term Derby Gaol historically refers to the five gaols in Derby, England. Today, the term usually refers to one of two tourist attractions, the gaol which stood on Friar Gate from 1756 to 1846 and the cells of which still exist and are open to …
62Rainey Bethea — (October 16, 1909ref|birthday ndash; August 14, 1936) was the last person to be publicly executed in the United States. Bethea confessed to the rape and murder of a 70 year old white woman named Lischia Edwards, and after being convicted of her… …
63Capital punishment in Singapore — Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues Debate · …
64Execution of Saddam Hussein — The execution of Saddam Hussein took place on December 30, 2006 (the first day of Eid al Adha). Saddam was sentenced to death by hanging, after being found guilty and convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal for the… …
65Dule Tree — Dule or dool trees in Britain were used as gallows for public hangings.[1] They were also used as gibbets for the display of the corpse for a considerable period of time after such hangings. These Trees of Lamentation or Grief were usually… …
66Mount Rennie rape case — The Mount Rennie rape case is the only gang rape in Sydney during the 1880s that led to a full conviction of the participants involved in the crime.[1] The attack is sometimes referred to as the Mount Rennie Outrage . The crime was a pivotal… …
67Jena Six — Talk show host Michael Baisden and Al Sharpton, at the front of the September 20, 2007 march in Jena, Louisiana The Jena Six were six black teenagers convicted in the beating of Justin Barker, a white student at Jena High School in Jena,… …
68Stoke Edith Wall Hanging — Elegant people walking in an early eighteenth century garden are depicted in this beautiful embroidered wall hanging. made in 1710 20 this is the larger of two such works which originally hung at Stoke Edith in Herefordshire. The house was built… …
69bed — bedless, adj. bedlike, adj. /bed/, n., v., bedded, bedding. n. 1. a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well. 2. the mattress and bedclothes together with the bedstead of a bed. 3. the bedstead… …
70drapery — draperied, adj. /dray peuh ree/, n., pl. draperies. 1. coverings, hangings, clothing, etc., of fabric, esp. as arranged in loose, graceful folds. 2. Often, draperies. long curtains, usually of heavy fabric and often designed to open and close… …
