Executioner Biography

For other meanings of the term, see executioner . Headsman redirects here; see The Headsman for the movie. A judicial executioner (not to be confused with executor) is a person who carries out a death sentence ordered by the state or other legal authority, which was known in feudal terminology as high justice. Scope and job The executioner was usually presented with a warrant authorizing or ordering him to execute the sentence. The warrant protects the executioner from the charge of murder. Common terms for executioners derived from forms of capital punishment -though they often also performed other physical punishments- include hangman (hanging) and headsman (beheading). In the military the role of executioner was usually performed by a soldier, such as the provost. A common stereotype of an executioner is a hood medieval or absolutist executioner.While this task can be an occasional one, it can be carried out in the line of more general duty by an officer of the court, the polic

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