Rainey Bethea
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Rainey Bethea, was the last person publicly executed in Kentucky. Bethea, who confessed to the rape and killing of a 70-year-old woman named Lishia Edwards, was convicted of her rape and publicly hang
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A public execution is a form of capital punishment which "members of the general public may voluntarily attend". This definition excludes the presence of only a small number of witnesses called upon t
Rainey Bethea
…Rainey Bethea (c. 1909 – August 14, 1936), was the last person publicly executed in Kentucky. Bethea, who confessed to the rape and killing of a 70-year-old woman named Lishia Edwards, was convicted of her rape and publicly hanged…
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