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A Date with the Hangman (Hardback) A History of Capital Punishment in Britain Fears that Irish goods wouldIt is a sobering thought that until the closing years of the twentieth century, Britains courts were technically able to impose the death penalty for a number of offences; both civil and military. Although the last judicial hangings took place in 1964, the death penalty, in theory at least, remained for a number of offences. During the twentieth century, 865 people were executed in Britain, and of those only 3 were ever posthumously pardoned. This