Who was Rainey Bethea? Nidal Hasan public execution broadcasting decision puts spotlight on 1936 hanging
The US Defense Department’s has decided to livestream the scheduled execution of Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan. The decision has put focus on one of America’s most infamous executions – that of Rainey Bethea in Kentucky nearly 90 years ago. Rainey Bethea was a 26-year-old Black man executed by public hanging in Owensboro, Kentucky, … Read more