Giuseppe zangara execution by hanging
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Death row
Place in prison housing inmates awaiting execution
For other uses, see Death row (disambiguation).
Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution ("being on death row"), even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists. In the United States, after an individual is found guilty of a capital offense in states where execution is a legal penalty, the judge will give the jury the option of imposing a death sentence or life imprisonment unparoled. It is then up to the jury to decide whether to give the death sentence; this usually has to be a unanimous decision. If the jury agrees on death, the defendant will remain on death row during appeal and habeas corpus procedures, which may continue for several decades.
Opponents of capital punishment claim that a prisoner's isolation and uncertainty over their fate constitute a form of psychological abuse and that especially long-time death row inmates are prone to develop a mental disorder, if they do not already suffer from such a condition. This is referred to as the death row pheno
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Weird Ways to Die in Florida: FDR’s Assassin Giuseppe Zangara
by Craig Pittman
Giuseppe “Joe” Zangara: FDR’s Assassin
In my time covering courts, I tracked down the grave of Giuseppe “Joe” Zangara, a bricklayer who in 1933 tried to assassinate President-elect Franklin Roosevelt after a speech at Miami’s Bayfront Park. Zangara was unstable, in more ways than one. He perched on a metal folding chair twenty-five feet from the car where FDR sat. As he took aim, he yelled, “Too many people are starving!” and emptied his pistol.
But a woman next to Zangara, Lillian Cross, grabbed his arm and beat him with her purse, spoiling his aim. Every shot missed FDR. One bullet killed the mayor of Chicago, Anton Cermak, who’d created the Windy City’s Democratic political machine.
“I don’t hate Mr. Roosevelt personally!” Zangara told the cops. “I hate all officials and anyone who is rich.”
Within a month of Cermak’s death, Zangara was tried, convicted, and executed, a record that still stands. His last words to the executioner were, “Push the button.”
When I located his marker, it showed how far Zangara has fallen into obscurity: His last name was misspelled.
I suspect there are more strange ways to die in Florida than anywhere else. I’m not talking about being cooked
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Chicago
By CHARLES B. CLEVELAND
The realize of Chicago's first all-powerful Democratic boss
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