100 years of executions: The murderers put to death in Manchester from 1865-1965
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing The long winding history of our judicial system is stained with blood.
Since before the Norman invasion, Britain has used various forms of capital punishment, each one dealt out for a myriad of crimes.
While it will come as no surprise that murderers and rapists were executed for their transgressions, many will be shocked to know that acts of theft and counterfeiting resulted, for a time, in hangings. READ MORE: The lost bars of Fallowfield However, by 1832, following several penal reforms, the death penalty was mainly handed out to murderers and those who had committed treason while it was abolished for lesser crimes like theft.
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