Nazi War Criminals Hanged

On 16 October 1946 10 Nazi war criminals were hanged at Nuremberg. Judgement at Nuremberg (1961)  Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Instead of Water Scene (5/11) | Movieclips - YouTube

Ruth Ellis Headstone

 Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain finally gets a headstone Ruth Ellis: Family of last woman to be executed in UK finally get headstone for grave 70 years after death - The Mirror

Maartje Tamboezer

 

I wrote about Maartje Tamboezer, a 15 year old Dutch schoolgirl who was murdered in East Horsley, Surrey, England in 1986 by an evil pair known as the railway killers.

Badlands

 The film Badlands premiered on 13 October 1973. It was based on the case of Charles Starkweather who shot 10 people in 1957-58.

World Day Against the Death Penalty

 10 October is World Day Against the Death Penalty 

Infanticide

 In 1849, Rebecca Smith became the last woman in Britain to be hanged for infanticide (killing one’s own child). She poisoned her baby son with arsenic. She was hanged in Devizes, Wiltshire. 

Madeleine Smith

 I found a very good video about Madeleine Smith. She was accused of poisoning her former lover in Glasgow in 1857. A jury returned a verdict of 'not proven', a Scottish verdict that meant she was not necessarily innocent but there was not sufficient evidence to convict her.