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Episode 180: Above the Law

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The Hero Outlaw

Jack Shepard was sentenced to death by hanging in 1724. He had one final trick up his sleeve, he hired a medical doctor and a wagon for the day of his execution. The idea was common practice to allow a criminal to live if they survive the drop. Most saw it as an act of god or divine intervention. Then he and the printer would split the profits from the sale of his sure to be a best seller, biographical pamphlet.

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