Executions

legal-executive

Charles Brooks Jr, often associated with Dallas in legal and correctional records, was a convicted murderer executed in Texas in 1982. This profile clarifies identity, legal his...

criminal-justice

The phrase "die 5 Chicago" refers to five executions carried out in Illinois connected to Chicago cases. This overview summarizes each individual, the years of their sentences,...

history-society

Some executions become famous because of the status of the condemned, the severity of the crime, the spectacle of the method, or their role in shaping law and public opinion. Th...

history

The only modern, widely accepted case of a sitting prime minister executed by a state is Pakistan: former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was tried, sentenced to death, and h...