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may 26, 1868 - Last public hanging in the UK

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26 May 1868: Fenian Michael Barrett was executed at Newgate Prison for mass murder. He had participated in the Clerkenwell explosion, which had killed 12 people. His execution was the last public hanging in the UK.

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may 26, 1868
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~ 158 years ago