In 1963, Henry John Burnett became the last person executed in Scotland
The execution of Henry John Burnett in 1963 marked a somber milestone in British legal history as the last time Scotland ever used the death penalty before its eventual abolition.
In August 1963, 21-year-old Henry John Burnett was hanged at Craiginches Prison in Aberdeen for the murder of Thomas Guyan. Despite a petition for clemency signed by thousands of residents and a plea from his own family, the execution proceeded under the laws of the time.
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