Bermuda hangings

Title

Bermuda hangings

Genre

News report

TX Date

2 Dec 1977

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:01:28

Description

Report from Bermuda on the hanging on 02/12/77 of two murderers, Erskine Burrows for killing Sir Richard Sharples, former Governor of Bermuda, Commissioner of Police George Duckett and two supermarket executives and Larry Tacklyn who was convicted of the supermarket killings. Violence had been growing in protest at the hangings. Reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Death penalty; Homicide; Riots; Hanging; Bermuda; Larry Tacklyn; Erskine Burrows; Richard Sharples; George Duckett

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