Religion and Penal Justice in the Roman–German Empire (from the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries)
Huntsville, Texas: “He entered the Death House at 12:02 a.m. He was carrying a white Bible. He asked for and was granted permission to kneel and pray. “Oh God, have mercy on these people” he intoned. “Have mercy on me, and bless these people”. He died with the Bible in his lap. When the electricity...
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2018
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| On-line přístup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Shrnutí: | Huntsville, Texas: “He entered the Death House at 12:02 a.m. He was carrying a white Bible. He asked for and was granted permission to kneel and pray. “Oh God, have mercy on these people” he intoned. “Have mercy on me, and bless these people”. He died with the Bible in his lap. When the electricity shocked him, the Bible spun from his lap with such speed that it landed in the witness area. The doctor pronounced him dead at 12:08 a.m., July 30, 1964”.This macabre scene should come as no great... |
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