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User Name | Thread Name | Subject | Posted |
Jack Campin | Obit: death of UK child killer Ian Brady (137* d) | RE: Obit: death of UK child killer Ian Brady | 17 May 17 |
Executing people has always been a very expensive business. In Scotland, local jurisdictions used to try capital cases, but they kicked the responsibility upstairs to central government as soon as they got the chance - the bills were crippling. (I think the last one paid for by local government was around 1800). And Scotland never executed anywhere near as many people as England, let alone the present-day US. |