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 Short Film About Killing A Short Film About Killing A Short Film About Killing () is a 1988 crime-drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, and Jan Tesarz. Written by Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz, the film was expanded from "" of the Polish television series "Dekalog". Set in Warsaw, Poland, the film compares the senseless, violent murder of an individual to the cold, calculated execution by the state. "A Short Film About Killing" won both the Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, as well as the European Film Award for Best Film.