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"A Very English Hangman: the life and times of Albert Pierrepoint" - Leonora Klein
Kind of felt a mixture of revulsion and respect. He was by no means a good man, but he did a job that most people were not man enough to do: he wore the blood that was on his hands because the majority of people who supported the death penalty could not bare it to be on their hands.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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