Bente Lyon. Public hangings were also a common spectacle. One hanging in 1831 alone is reported as drawing a crowd of around 12 thousand men, women and children. The gallows, at the front of the new gaol, were also the setting for the infamous 'half-hanging' of John 'Half-Hung' MacNaghten, in one of the earliest recorded public hangings at the courthouse in 1761. It was not only murder that carried the sentence of death in Donegal at that time, but also 'killing and maiming cattle' and horse-stealing. The last public execution in Lifford is thought to have been in 1847	Lifford Courthouse
5291384	. With the phasing out of transportation, prison sentences became a more common punishment in Ireland. Some prisoners were sentenced to an additional punishment of hard labour during their stay in Lifford. Just as in many other prisons throughout Ireland, this usually consisted of breaking stones which were then used to build and repair roads, or grinding up bones, which would then be used as fertilizer. Another more public punishment was whipping, sometimes performed in the town where the offense was originally committed. Notable prisoners. Notable prisoners included: Visitor centre. Today, the old courthouse operates as a museum, where the public 	Lifford Courthouse
5291385	can walk through the cells and experience life as a prisoner. Visitors to the prison are 'arrested' and taken down into the dungeons on the guided tour. This takes the form of a one-man show in which an actor portrays some of the jail's infamous residents. The building also now houses a bistro, a local library, conference rooms and often hosts special events. Lifford Courthouse Lifford Courthouse is a judicial building situated in the centre of Lifford, County Donegal, in Ulster, Ireland. History. The courthouse, which was designed by Michael Priestley in the neoclassical style and built in 	Lifford Courthouse
5291386	Bente Lyon Bente Lyon Bente Lyon is a Norwegian convicted of narcotics trafficking, and she has been convicted of organizing a brothel in Norway from 2000 to 2002. She has worked as a prostitute. In 2006 she was portrayed on NRK"'s TV show ""Bokprogrammet"" in connection with her book "Horemamma" (female manager of whore/whores). NRK's website says that the book is about Lyon's "time of greatness as Oslo's brothel queen". An article in Dagbladet in 2006 called her "Norway's uncontested brothel keeper" ("Norges ubestridte bordellmamma"). Aiding in the smuggling of narcotics. In 2007 an appellate court  verdict (of five years in prison) was upheld and she was convicted for aiding and abetting in the smuggling of narcotics from Amsterdam to USA: 1.6 kilograms of cocaine and 11000 ecstasy tablets. Verdens Gang said that her contribution to the smuggling, consisted of providing contact persons in Amsterdam, and providing airplane tickets for the two persons who carried out the smuggling. Research on media coverage. In an article in 2005 on the website of Research Council of Norway's Information Centre for Gender Research—about research on media coverage of defendants prosecuted for pimping, May-Len Skilbrei (a researcher  at UiO's Institute of Criminology and Sociology of law) said that "The interesting thing is that nearly all Norwegian media refer to Bente Lyon as "whore mama", just like she wants. There are also other ways in which the dangerousness of Bente and her crimes, are downplayed ("ufarliggjøres"). In other trials of pimping, details about the events and consequences for the victims are often emphasized. But from Bente's trials, media's focus is often on her juicy punchlines such as ""Herregud", Prosecutor, this was no common enterprise—this was a whorehouse". I can not envision that the looks  of others tried for pimping, would be described in detail, as in Bente's case." Bente Lyon Bente Lyon is a Norwegian convicted of narcotics trafficking, and she has been convicted of organizing a brothel in Norway from 2000 to 2002. She has worked as a prostitute. In 2006 she was portrayed on "NRK"'s TV show ""Bokprogrammet"" in connection with her book "Horemamma" (female manager of whore/whores). NRK's website says that the book is about Lyon's "time of greatness as Oslo's brothel queen". An article in Dagbladet in 2006 called her "Norway's uncontested brothel