An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who effects a sentence of capital punishment on a condemned person. == Scope and job == The executioner was usually presented with a warrant authorizing or ordering him to execute the sentence.
An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who effects a sentence of capital punishment on a condemned person. == Scope and job == The executioner was usually presented with a warrant authorizing or ordering him to execute the sentence.
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