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• n  an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant

• A merciless executioner during the revolution's early days, he later enforced cruel purges and crackdowns.
• A report spread through Pennsylvania last week that Robert Elliott, official executioner for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts, had collapsed and resigned his .
• Not merry, the life of an executioner is often profitable.

• public executioner

News & Articles

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• Whitey Bulger lawyers seek to delay trial
  Gangster James "Whitey" Bulger's defense team is seeking to postpone Wednesday's scheduled opening statements until the court gets to the bottom of whether convicted hitman and government star witness John "The Executioner" Martorano has lapsed back into a life of crime. "Evidence that John Martorano is being protected by law enforcement in exchange for his testimony is critical to the defense ...
  June 10, 2013 - Boston Herald

Quotes

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• James S. Thomas in MLive.com
  The way this is set up, the governor has free rein to be the judge, jury and executioner,Thomas said outside court.
• Al Sharpton in FOX News
  There seems to be a new spirit in law enforcement that they can become the judge, jury and executioner of the law on the scene,Sharpton said.
• Bernard Hopkins in Sportinglife.com
  I feel in an executioner mood,Hopkins said referring to his nickname. "I am going to punish him and punish him slowly."