File:Rainey Bethea.png

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Description	Rainey Bethea (c. 1909 – 1936) was the last person publicly executed in the United States. Bethea, who confessed to the rape and murder of a 70-year-old woman named Lischia Edwards, was convicted of her rape and publicly hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky. Mistakes in performing the hanging, and the surrounding media circus, contributed to the end of public executions in the United States.
Author or copyright owner	unknown
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: unknown Immediate source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11846303
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Rainey Bethea
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of his/her biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	searching does not find a free alternative
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	for visual ID on the page about the person in question
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	lower resolution image
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 1936
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	12:56, 26 July 2018		180 × 373 (72 KB)	Dmoore5556 (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard

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Image height	373 px