In honor of ginnieandlouie2, I shall just point out it is his sword resting against the side of his boat, and say nothing of your never ending supply of insipid comments.
1868 in England, up until 1939 in France, last one in the US was in 1936 in Kentucky, although I found a reference to one in Missouri in 1937. The one in Kentucky got world wide press because the hangman was supposed to be a woman sheriff, but a WW1 vet volunteered to take her place.
This one is not starting the same way the real Old Court savings and loan scandal started, and I doubt there will be a Jeffrey and Karol Levitt. I hope Tracy saves the day in this one, and people are not bilked out of their life savings. I disagree about the diluting, that was 40 years ago and not many remember, and if it gets someone to learn some history, all the better.
I hope that sports washing proves to be a spectacularly disastrous and expensive failure for all parties concerned. Paying attention Manfred, Goodell and Silver?
In honor of ginnieandlouie2, I shall just point out it is his sword resting against the side of his boat, and say nothing of your never ending supply of insipid comments.