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Who Killed Oswald Grey? Race, the law and the last Black man hanged in BritainBy: Jon Berry

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Product Code: 9781836283997

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Weight .278 kg
Dimensions 14.3 × 1.4 × 21.6 cm

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In November 1962, 20-year-old Oswald Augustus Grey, an immigrant from Jamaica who had been in the UK for less than two years, became the last man to be hanged in Birmingham’s Winson Green prison. There were only five further executions in the UK before capital punishment ended in 1965. His trial lasted fewer than five working days and his subsequent appeal less than an hour. There were 24 weeks between the crime and the execution. The law failed Oswald Grey. He was treated as disposable and was the victim of careless advocacy and the unchallenged racism of his times. His story has been largely forgotten: this book puts that right.