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Origins and history of printed last dying speeches
The publishing of last dying speeches and confessions started to be common after 1650, at the same time with the rise of newspapers and a several number of political executions. This right to have a public confession of innocence or guilt was one of the unalienable privileges of prisoners. But sometimes officials threated the martyrs in order to guarantee their silence, or, other times, they were interrupted or silenced at the gallows.