John Cook (regicide) that was seen as symbolising the divine monarch bowing before human law. As a regicide, Cook was excluded after the Restoration of Charles II from the Indemnity and Oblivion Act which indemnified most opponents of the Monarchy for crimes they might have committed during the Civil War and Interregnum (1642–1660). The memoirs of Edmund Ludlow give an account of Cook's trial and his public execution the next day. Thus, John Cook was tried and found guilty of high treason for his part in the trial of Charles I. He was hanged, drawn and quartered with the radical preacher Hugh Peters
A Killing Affair (1977 film) A Killing Affair (1977 film) A Killing Affair (also known as Behind the Badge) is a 1977 American made-for-television crime drama film starring Elizabeth Montgomery and O. J. Simpson. The film originally aired on CBS on September 21, 1977. Elizabeth Montgomery and O. J. Simpson star as homicide detectives pursuing a killer played by Dean Stockwell. While working on the case, the partners begin having a heated romantic affair. "A Killing Affair" received generally positive reviews, with particular praise for O. J. Simpson. "People" called it Simpson's "best dramatic performance to date." John J. O'Connor of the "New York Times"