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James Berry (executioner)

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James Berry (8 February 1852 – 21 October 1913) was an English executioner from 1884 to 1891. He is best known for his main contribution to the practice of hanging, a refinement of the long drop method developed by British state hangman William Marwood. His improvements were intended to diminish mental and physical suffering, and some of them remained standard practice until the 1965 abolition of the death penalty in the United Kingdom.