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Death Penalty 1) The text is about a famous Britain hangman called Albert Pierrepoint. He worked 25 years as an executioner and in this period he carried out over 100 executions. He was known as a very professional man, who kept his feelings away from the job. But suddenly seven months after he had hanged Ruth Ellis, he resigned. He didn't give any reason, but in 1974 he published a biography called "Executioner Pierrepoint, in which he admitted to have been emotionally involved in some of the executions. Furthermore he said that all the executions had "achieved nothing but revenge". But he still didn't feel any guilt, even though he admitted that he could have executed innocent persons. Both his father and his uncle had been executioners to, so it was only natural when he as 13 years old dropped out of school and got apprenticed to his uncle. He was a very...

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