Above, an engraving depicting the execution of Sir Thomas Armstrong in 1684.
The news that convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff has terminal cancer and is not now long for this world has been reported by the Daily Mail.
The British Gazette reported and commented on Mr Madoff’s savage sentence back in 2009.
See: http://www.british-gazette.co.uk/2009/10/23/judge-denny-chin-bernard-madoff-sending-a-message/
What is MOST revealing are the comments to the article. Most show a vicious unforgiving savagery. No compassion, no attempt at forgiveness. One of the things that we can say about these vindictive cretins is that they clearly are the descendants of those who queued up and then cheered as those who were sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered were so butchered.
The Daily Mail article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2544071/Bernie-Madoff-heart-attack-suffering-stage-4-cancer.html