The Last Public Execution In The United States - August 14 2022

<div>August 14th: Rainey Bethea Dies (1936)<br> Executions, though now a highly debated topic, once took place in front of crowds of thousands. People who came to watch a criminal die as if it was a matinee movie. On August 14th 1936 a man was executed in front of about 20,000 onlookers. 20,000 people who watched his botched execution that, in the end, put a stop to the practice of public executions for good. <br> <br> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainey_Bethea&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1660107850572617&amp;usg=AOvVaw3EpAk1tdcFtIZUAN6Ow-jd">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainey_Bethea</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11846303/rainey-bethea&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1660107850572783&amp;usg=AOvVaw02uArVJIikn2Oafp-GM-hU">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11846303/rainey-bethea</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bethea-rainey.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1660107850572840&amp;usg=AOvVaw3jr_iH0PC-dcD-R0BXUEd_">https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bethea-rainey.htm</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://medium.com/moxietalk-with-kirt-jacobs/h-u-n-g-rainey-betheas-last-hours-5a901a00cfd&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1660107850572882&amp;usg=AOvVaw0CmEsaZ8H31_GMruzuRJFt">https://medium.com/moxietalk-with-kirt-jacobs/h-u-n-g-rainey-betheas-last-hours-5a901a00cfd</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://vintagenewsdaily.com/rainey-bethea-the-last-person-to-be-publicly-executed-in-the-united-states-on-august-14-1936/&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1660107850572925&amp;usg=AOvVaw2c7uaDl3_YJO62NeDXVR3b">https://vintagenewsdaily.com/rainey-bethea-the-last-person-to-be-publicly-executed-in-the-united-states-on-august-14-1936/</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://completely-kentucky.fandom.com/wiki/Rainey_Bethea&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1660107850572969&amp;usg=AOvVaw2mN5Us5WvINKdYiyy2jHTJ">https://completely-kentucky.fandom.com/wiki/Rain