My secret weapon is that I’m simply not afraid of Death. I’m afraid of dying, like all humans, but the state of being dead to me isn’t particularly good or bad.
Adults (Old Testament)
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Women and Children (New Testament)
So no, I simply do not consider death as something to be feared. How I die is more important than being dead.
20 People Killed for Crimes They Didn’t Commit
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Stephen (c. 34 CE)
- Accusation: Blasphemy against Moses and God
- Death: Stoned to death
- Place: Jerusalem
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Joan of Arc (1431)
- Accusation: Heresy and witchcraft
- Death: Burned at the stake
- Place: Rouen, France
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Anne Askew (1546)
- Accusation: Heresy (Protestant beliefs)
- Death: Burned at the stake after torture
- Place: London, England
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Giordano Bruno (1600)
- Accusation: Heresy (cosmological and theological views)
- Death: Burned at the stake
- Place: Rome, Italy
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Salem “Witches” (1692)
- Accusation: Witchcraft
- Death: Hanging (19 people)
- Place: Salem, Massachusetts, USA
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Sacco and Vanzetti (1927)
- Accusation: Armed robbery and murder
- Death: Executed by electric chair
- Place: Massachusetts, USA
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George Stinney Jr. (1944)
- Accusation: Murder of two white girls (later overturned)
- Death: Executed by electric chair at age 14
- Place: South Carolina, USA
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Timothy Evans (1950)
- Accusation: Murder of his wife and child (later proven false)
- Death: Hanged
- Place: London, England
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Derek Bentley (1953)
- Accusation: Murder (though he didn’t fire the gun)
- Death: Hanged
- Place: London, England
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Ruth Ellis (1955) (contested but often cited)
- Accusation: Murder of abusive partner
- Death: Hanged
- Place: London, England
- Carlos DeLuna (1989)
- Accusation: Murder (later evidence suggested another man was guilty)
- Death: Executed by lethal injection
- Place: Texas, USA
- Rubin “Hurricane” Carter (wrongfully imprisoned, not executed)
- Accusation: Murder (later overturned)
- Death: Survived imprisonment, died naturally in 2014
- Place: New Jersey, USA
- Cameron Todd Willingham (2004)
- Accusation: Arson killing his children (later evidence disputed)
- Death: Executed by lethal injection
- Place: Texas, USA
- Troy Davis (2011)
- Accusation: Murder of a police officer (evidence later questioned)
- Death: Executed by lethal injection
- Place: Georgia, USA
- Mahmood Hussein Mattan (1952)
- Accusation: Murder (later overturned)
- Death: Hanged
- Place: Cardiff, Wales
- Thomas and Meeks Griffin (1915)
- Accusation: Murder (later pardoned)
- Death: Executed by electric chair
- Place: South Carolina, USA
- John Gordon (1845)
- Accusation: Murder (later pardoned)
- Death: Hanged
- Place: Rhode Island, USA
- Richard Whiting (1539)
- Accusation: Treason (resisting dissolution of monasteries)
- Death: Hanged, drawn, and quartered
- Place: Glastonbury, England
- Thomas Cranmer (1556)
- Accusation: Heresy (Protestant beliefs)
- Death: Burned at the stake
- Place: Oxford, England
- Jean Calas (1762)
- Accusation: Murder of his son (later proven false)
- Death: Executed by breaking on the wheel
- Place: Toulouse, France

