Talk:Execution warrant

Execution warrant

I removed this from the text: "This text was written by an author who believes the world ends at the borders of the United States of America and as such, practices and customs from parts of the world other than the USA are not worth a mention."

as the article is not the place for such things... Nevertheless, the complaint IS valid (And quite eloquent, really) If someone specialises in death penalty law of other parts of the world or in the history of death warrents, perhaps they could add a piece? Please? Furius 12:37, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I suspect that is because those other places which execute convicts do not use death warrants. The US justice system is rather hypocritical about both justice and the use of executions: thus the involvement of so many government offices in both convicting and commuting or staying execution. I think most death penalty nations move straight to the execution once a court with sufficient authority convicts you of the appropriate crime. That is involvement by the head of state only happens on the rare case of staying or commuting sentences --- assuming the head of state even has that power. 69.23.121.234 (talk) 13:06, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

No in England and Wales when capital punishment existed, you couldn't just hang someone without a warrant. Apparently straight after an execution the hangman would have a mini trial himself, where he would produce the warrant. I think in other Common Law Systems again the system of warrants was/ is used. Indeed the whole basis of the term 'execution' is based on there being a warrant, it's the warrant that gets 'executed'. Even though there is no capital punishment law enforcement officers and bailliffs and TV Licence Officials in the UK still perform 'executions' every day, e.g. when they search premises for contrabrand or to seize goods for non payment of a debt. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.176.192.59 (talk) 12:40, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Perhaps the most famous death warrant in history is that of Charles I (see Trial and execution of Charles I). -- PBS (talk) 13:17, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Image

Since there are whole websites devoted to mugshots of who the police have arrested for shoplifting this week in the United States, presumably death warrants are also public documents which could be accessed and scanned in. We therefore need an image of an exemplary death warrant in this article. It would be interesting to see how it's worded, who signs it, etc. Beorhtwulf (talk) 18:17, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

@Beorhtwulf

Done — I've added an image of Charles I's death warrant. -- PBS (talk) 16:35, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. That's helpful although it would also be good to see what a modern one looks like, perhaps in the US. Beorhtwulf (talk) 19:01, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

Agreed. While the image we have on the article is interesting, and certainly important due to the executee's high profile, it is illegible to me, so I have been trying to find, per Beorhtwulf , a recent, typed out, warrant. I'm curious about this. YellowAries2010 (talk) 00:06, 26 November 2020 (UTC)