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Albert Pierrepoint (/ ˈ p ɪər p ɔɪ n t / PEER-point; 30 March 1905 – 10 July 1992) was an English hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956. His father Henry and uncle Thomas were official hangmen before him.
He was executed by Pierrepoint on 15 July 1953 at Pentonville. This wrongful execution is acknowledged as a major miscarriage of justice and was a contributing factor for the suspension of the death penalty in Britain in 1965 and its eventual abolition.
Nov 6, 2015 · His oddly sympathetic public profile was established during the 1940s when he carried out multiple hangings of Nazi war criminals.
- Lizzie Seal
Once Pierrepoint travels to Germany as the designated executioner of guilty Nazis, the movie confronts you with the obvious parallels between this anonymous functionary carrying out lethal ...
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman: Directed by Adrian Shergold. With Simon Armstrong, Ann Bell, Nicholas Blane, Clive Brunt. The life and times of Albert Pierrepoint - Britain's most prolific hangman.
Nov 7, 2020 · In 1974 he published his autobiography, Executioner: Pierrepoint. He died on July 10 1992, aged 87, in the nursing home where he had lived for the last four years of his life. Follow Liverpool...
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Mar 30, 2006 · Pierrepoint (2006) Timothy Spall gives a career-best performance in the fascinating British biopic Pierrepoint (aka The Last Hangman, the film's factually incorrect American title).
