There's a widely-held perception that all Americans are united in favour of executions, but this message came across loud and clear that many people are not happy with it".
He had written in favour of the execution of Charles I and approved the abolition of the bishops, who were reinstated with the monarchy.
Nevertheless, Australians were broadly in favour of the execution of the Bali bombers, even though the same moral question was involved: whether it is ever right for a state to execute a convicted prisoner.
Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, has said he is in favour of resuming executions in the country in response to rising murder rates.
Kate Clark, at the Afghanistan Analysts Network, reports that in the south-east, the insurgents' quasi-legal structures for establishing the guilt of alleged spies have largely been abandoned in favour of summary executions.
It cited the nightclub Hollywood Romford, stilettos worn without tights whatever the weather, David Sullivan, and right-wing Billericay MPs Harvey Proctor and Teresa Gorman: "Politically most residents of Essex think of Thatcherism as a temporary left-wing aberration that the Tory party will soon discard in favour of public executions and compulsory repatriation".
He notes that capital punishment will always garner popular support (recent surveys in the UK have often shown large numbers in favour of bringing back executions).
