Template:Did you know nominations/Langley Hawkins murder case

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 00:27, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Langley Hawkins murder case

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• ... that in 1920 a European settler in Kenya who tortured a black employee to death was sentenced to just two years imprisonment? Source: "With the assistance of Kisanda, Hawkins detained and interrogated three of his African employees, Mucheru, Richu and Kamanyu. All three were then subjected to a horrendous regime of beatings and tortures, some of which were committed by Kisanda alone, others by Kisanda and Hawkins together ... Finally, on 8 May 1920, Mucheru died. Hawkins' actions were described by Judge Maxwell as 'utterly heartless, callous brutality' yet the jury found for one conviction of 'Grievous Hurt' and two of 'Simple Hurt'. ... Maxwell handed down two concurrent prison terms for Hawkins, amounting to two years rigorous imprisonment." from page 485 of: Anderson, David M. (September 2011). "Punishment, Race and 'The Raw Native': Settler Society and Kenya's Flogging Scandals, 1895–1930". Journal of Southern African Studies. 37 (3): 479–497. doi:10.1080/03057070.2011.602887.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rommy Hunt Revson

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 13:43, 16 September 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Certainly a shocking read, thankfully a thing of the past (I personally feel most appalled by them beating a pregnant woman). But as for the review, yes, the article passes muster. –LordPeterII (talk) 21:05, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Technically that would be the appropriate tick, but it wasn't available in the checklist template. –LordPeterII (talk) 21:06, 16 September 2022 (UTC)