When teenagers were hanged in public

The brutal history of London where even children were executed

It's appalling yet sadly true that in the past, teenagers and even children were hanged at the gallows for crimes like theft and arson. Murder didn't have to be involved. There was a wide variety of crimes you could be judicially put to death for. And many teenagers were hanged as a consequence.

We don't know the youngest person to be executed in Britain…