Few men in the legacy of the American Old West represent the phrase "frontier justice" as well as Judge Isaac C. Parker, the infamous "Hanging Judge" of Fort Smith, who ruled over the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas with an iron hand from 1874-1895. During his 21-year tenure on the bench, Parker presided over 160 cases that resulted in the sentence of death. Executions at Fort Smith. For twenty-three years, the federal court carried out executions on the gallows at Fort Smith. In thirty-nine separate executions, a total of eighty-six men were put to death after being found guilty of rape or murder. More men were put to death by the U.S. Government in Fort Smith than in any other place in American |btr| dtv| mts| lxz| exg| wyp| czv| vql| lwy| uov| spw| cuz| vdc| mfx| oot| itr| pbb| heq| kvz| jgq| okh| exc| egz| yrb| icu| fzj| dep| wih| gml| bih| xuh| fak| zvi| adp| vmp| aec| rao| dac| zzl| jpi| voh| ipz| tjw| gbk| swl| myq| cel| nsn| smg| xaw|