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Taking another human's life is a deeply troubling thing. In many cases this is a criminal act, considered one of the worst offenses possible. Other times

That was the last thing Mancini ever said but, extraordinary though his composure was, it was more than matched by that of the man about to kill him, 36-year-old Albert Pierrepoint.

This month is the 210th anniversary of Robert Ferguson publicly addressing a huge crowd in Inverness before they watched him being executed.

The site was formerly where Caernarfon Jail stood, and a hanging tower formed part of the jail complex.

Prolific hangman's little-known life growing up on Hessle Road Thomas Pierrepoint hanged 300 people and spent his formative years in Hull He carried out some 300 executions including the only hanging of a woman at Hull Prison. Thomas Pierrepoint was part of the infamous Pierrepoint dynasty with several members employed as hangmen and executioners. But what is not so well known is that Thomas spent much of his formative years growing up in what is now Hawthorn Avenue, off Hessle Road, as local historian Mike Covell discovered. Read more: Henry Pierrepoint was employed as an executioner from 19...