executioners

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Being locked barefoot in an executioner's chair sounds uncomfortable, but that is what Chris Pratt requested for his latest film, Mercy.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

An executioner’s daughter joins an outlaw who escaped death, in a journey that leads to vampires.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019

Told from the perspective of a narrator swept into her story but left behind on an executioner’s block, the song is both a romance and a lament.

From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2016

In a notice filed after business hours on Friday, attorney Kelley Henry states the executioner’s testimony is no longer needed because of evidence presented by attorneys for the state and “other developments in the case.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 21, 2015

Spurge took the executioner’s chain-mail tunic and the black hood.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin