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The contested life of Roger Casement
Roger Casement was hanged in Pentonville Prison, London, on 3 August 1916. His hands were pinioned behind his back, his feet bound and a white wrap drawn over his head. The executioner – John Ellis, a hairdresser from Rochdale – pulled the noose around his …