Showing posts with label execution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label execution. Show all posts

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Photo: The Execution

By Jack Brummet, Photo Ed.

This one seems staged.  Or else the victim is one tough cookie.  From rarehistoricalphotos.com:

"Some say it’s a real situation some say it’s a staged photo. It’s most likely was a staged event due to the various discrepancies in the photo. This does not look like an actual execution. They are too close to the wall to shoot without ricocheting and they’re not aiming or shouldering their guns in such a way that would indicate a readiness to fire. The guy on the far right is looking in a strange direction. And the officer is looking directly into the camera. Two of the guys in the back rank appear to be unfamiliar with their Mauser 98′s. If he fires it, the guy on the right is going to hurt himself."

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Friday, December 13, 2013

The last public execution in the United States (circa 1936)

By Mona Goldwater, Social Mores Ed. 

This is a photograph of the last public execution held in the United States ( so far), circa 1936.



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