Albert Pierrepoint
Albert Pierrepoint was an English hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956. His father Henry and uncle Thomas were official hangmen before him.
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Trending topics shown first"All the men and women whom I have faced at that final moment, convince me that in what I have done, I have not prevented a single murder."
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1905
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