TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - The hanging of Derek Bentley, a 19-year-old boy with epilepsy
JO  - Epilepsy and behavior
A1  - Tuft, Mia
A1  - Nakken, Karl O.
SP  - 136
EP  - 138
VL  - 76
IS  - 
N2  - Derek Bentley (1933-1953) was sentenced to death by hanging at the age of 19. He was convicted as a party to murder, and he died in Wandsworth Prison in London. After the police had reached the crime scene, he ostensibly shouted to his 16-year-old friend Christopher (Chris) Craig the ambiguous phrase, "Let him have it, Chris!" Chris fired shots at two policemen, wounding one and killing another. Derek Bentley had epilepsy and a mental age of about 11, and he could neither read nor write. In 1993, 40 years after his death, he received a posthumous pardon from the British government. Five years later, his case was finally quashed.<br><br>Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1525-5050
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.08.036
ID  - ref1
ER  -