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The elephant executed by a Tennessee town
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Leave it to early 20th-century humanity to apply the criminal justice system to a five-ton mammal. After a captive elephant named Mary killed her abusive trainer, the town of Erwin, Tennessee, decided the most rational response was public execution. Since bullets didn't work, they hoisted her by the neck using an industrial rail yard crane in front of thousands of cheering spectators.
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