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CBGLuthier

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2. The great Timothy Spahl played Pierrepoint in a movie.

Reply to intaglio (Reply #1)

Fri May 30, 2014, 07:43 AM

May 2014

He seemed to be an interesting man, the hangman. Really believed in doing his job quickly and with as much mercy as possible. Contrast that to our current blood-soaked thrust for vengeance DP where folks cheered when a man was tortured to death.

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Sadly, long before the abolition of CP intaglio May 2014 #1

The great Timothy Spahl played Pierrepoint in a movie. CBGLuthier May 2014 #2