condemned

• The soldiers who hung the condemned were appointed against their will. —  THE LIFE, CRIME, AND CAPTURE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH
• Looking beyond the prison bars and finding the human story of the condemned is the first step in overcoming mankind's primitive need for revenge. —  The Minnesota Daily - mndaily.com
• 27:35). The cross was then driven into the ground, so that the feet of the condemned were a foot or two above the earth, and he was lifted upon it; or else stretched upon it on the ground and then lifted with it." —  Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
• Upon conviction of a capital offence the property of the condemned was attainted, being confiscated by the state; and the constables took possession at once, in order that it might not be spirited away And no one outside of the circle of the accusers knew whose turn might come next. —  Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem
• She must not be seen leaving her father's house to-night She drove rapidly to the Capitol, stopped her carriage at the north end, entered the building through the Senate wing, quickly passed out again, and in a few minutes had presented her pass to the commandant of the Old Capitol Prison The woman inspector made the most thorough search and finding nothing suspicious, allowed her to enter the dimly lighted corridor of the death watch The turnkey loudly announced The sister of the prisoner, Ned Vaughan She met him face to face in the large cell in which the condemned were allowed to pass their last night on earth. —  The Southerner A Romance of the Real Lincoln

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