Timeshift Crime and Punishment: The Death Penalty / The Story of Capital Punishment (Season 10, Episode 9)
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Crime and Punishment: The Death Penalty / The Story of Capital Punishment (Season 10, Episode 9)

TV Episode | Documentary

The history of capital punishment, including the protocol of public execution and the science of hanging. Archive information reveals the offences that resulted in the gallows and how children as young as seven were hanged.

Director

Francis Welch

Producer

Francis Welch

Editor

Dilesh Korya

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Updated Apr 5, 2011

Release date

Apr 5, 2011 (United Kingdom)

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20 cast members

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Roger Hood Self - Emeritus Professor of Criminology, University of Oxford Self - Emeritus Professor of Criminology, University of Oxford See fewer	Timeshift (2002)
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Richard Dimbleby Self - Presenter, 'Panorama' Debate on Capital Punishment (archive footage) Self - Presenter, 'Panorama' Debate on Capital Punishment (archive footage) See fewer	Libel (1959)
Peter Rawlinson Self - Interviewee, 'Panorama' Debate on Capital Punishment (archive footage) (as Sir Peter Rawlinson MP) Self - Interviewee, 'Panorama' Debate on Capital Punishment (archive footage) (as Sir Peter Rawlinson MP) See fewer	Panorama (I) (1953)
Leslie Hale Self - Interviewee, 'Panorama' Debate on Capital Punishment (archive footage) (as Leslie Hale MP) Self - Interviewee, 'Panorama' Debate on Capital Punishment (archive footage) (as Leslie Hale MP) See fewer	Panorama (I) (1953)
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