Show Reprieve Based S on Pact Fact Day Set Was Good Friday In reprieving Bringhurst and California's alifornia's Thompson governor based his action on the fact that the execution date as fixed on Good Friday From encyclopedic references It appears that Good Friday observed quite generally among Christians as the day of the Passion from the centuries old practice pertaining to the execution of criminals criminals- should be bethe bethe the ideal occasion occasion for the dispatch dispatch dis die patch of condemned men especially especially espe espo I via the gallows In speaking of Friday the World Book says Since the tha crucifixion of Christ on that day many people regard it with su superstitious suo su dread Courts very generally have havo adopted Friday as the day of the week for From its association with tho the crucifixion it is is considered tho proper day to set for fop the execution execution ex ex- of criminals and as such is sometimes called hangman's day |