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Fri 05 May 2009May 22nd, 1959: Na Gopaleen's death penalty hang-ups
BACKPAGES:RONALD MARWOOD, a 25-year-old scaffolder, was executed in London’s Pentonville prison on May 8th, 1959, for stabbing a policeman.
His death prompted this dissertation on the death penalty from Myles na Gopaleen (Brian O’Nolan) and his observations on official British hangman Thomas Pierrepoint, who carried out almost 300 executions, including in Ireland, and died in 1954.
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