John Downes (regicide) being found guilty of regicide, John Downes was condemned to death in October 1660 but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment because he had tried to intervene on the King's behalf and only signed the death warrant after being intimidated by the other commissioners. Downes spent the rest of his life a prisoner in the Tower of London. John Downes (regicide) Colonel John Downes (1609 – c. 1666) was a commissioner who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England. After the English Restoration he was found guilty of regicide and was imprisoned until he died. John Downes;
Killing of captives by ISIL Killing of captives by ISIL Executions by ISIS refers here to killing by beheading, crucifixion, immolation, shooting or other means of military and civilian people (such as captives and "criminals") by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). ISIS have released a number of propaganda/publicity videos of beheadings or shootings of captives. Other videos and photos show people being crucified and later dying as a result of crucifixion, or at least in part from the crucifixion. Houtat Sulūk is reported to be a mass grave. By June 2014, according to United Nations reports, ISIL had killed hundreds of prisoners