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BYToday I Found Out

Apr 29, 2020


‘Executions at midnight’ weren’t really a thing

Michael F. asks: Are executions really held at midnight like shown in the movies? If so, why? By the time Rainey Bethea was executed on Aug. 14, 1936, most of the United States had ceased executing people publicly. However, in Kentucky in 1936…

‘Executions at midnight’ weren’t really a thing

BYToday I Found Out

Apr 29, 2020

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