Timothy Spall gives a superb performance in this capital, fact-based portrait of Albert Pierrepoint, a working-class bloke whose second job, as the official executioner for the British Prison ...

The last hangman resigned five years ago after seeing the gallows and going into shock. Another was hired last year but did not show up to work. In Sri Lanka, rape, drug trafficking and murder are ...

The identity of the hangman who executed Adolf Eichmann in 1962 was kept secret for three decades. By the time Shalom Nagar’s name was unearthed by Israeli journalists, Nagar had retired from ...

"On the last day, the condemned inmate is told to ... He said it was a legal requirement that every prisoner with a date with the hangman be provided with a meal of their choice.

The country has struggled to find a permanent executioner after its last hangman resigned five years ago. The dedicated role is open to any Sri Lankan males aged 18-45 who possess "mental strength." ...