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' of the head ', derived via the Latin capitalis from caput, "head") refers to execution by beheading, but executions are carried out by many methods, including hanging, shooting, lethal injection, stoning, electrocution, and gassing.
- List of people who were beheaded
The following is a list of people who were beheaded,...
- List of people who were beheaded
Completely abolished. Capital punishment, also called the death penalty, is the state -sanctioned killing of a person as a punishment for a crime. It has historically been used in almost every part of the world. Since the mid-19th century many countries have abolished or discontinued the practice.
The following methods of execution were used in 2023: beheading, hanging, lethal injection and shooting. Global death sentences. At least 2,428 new death sentences across 52 countries were imposed in 2023, compared to at least 2,016 in 52 countries in 2022. Amnesty International recorded commutations or pardons of death sentences in ...
Griselda Blanco (born February 15, 1943, Santa Marta?, Colombia—died September 3, 2012, Medellín) was a Colombian cocaine trafficker who amassed a vast empire and was a central figure in the violent drug wars in Miami in the 1970s and ’80s.
Last updated on May 23, 2024. This page is updated each business day by 12 pm Eastern Time. Please scroll over each state on the above map to see the number of active and inactive death warrants, as well as the number of executions. For information on all known warrants this year, see the Outcome of Death Warrants in 2024 page.
Marie-Antoinette (born November 2, 1755, Vienna, Austria—died October 16, 1793, Paris, France) was the Austrian queen consort of King Louis XVI of France (1774–93). Her name is associated with the decline in the moral authority of the French monarchy in the closing years of the ancien régime, though her courtly extravagance was but a minor ...
