Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Summary
Lawmen : Bass Reevesfeatures the real - life depictions of the Hell on the Boarder prison house and Judge Issac Parker , advantageously lie with as the " Hanging Judge " . Throughout its first three episodes , the new Paramount series has uphold much of the historical accuracyin its depiction of the legendary Old West peace officer Bass Reeves . Reeves , who was born a striver and was forced to fight for the Confederate Army during the Civil War before becoming a costless man , was a Fannie Farmer until 1875 when he was depose in as one of the first mordant Deputy U.S. Marshals .
Lawmen : Bass Reevesepisode 3introduces Judge Parker play by Donald Sutherland ( Ordinary People , Do n’t calculate Now ) . Like Bass Reeves , Judge Parker is a firm believer in legal philosophy and ordering and views himself as an honorable instrument of the United States Justice System . Having just entered the world of law enforcement , Bass begins to learn the tricks of the trade as he take in his first prisoner inLawmen : Bass Reevesepisode 3,capturing the outlaw Billy Crow and return him to the jail in Fort Smith , Arkansas . It ’s also there where Bass discovers how Judge Parker got his infamous nickname as the " Hanging Judge " .
Judge Isaac Parker Was Famous For Giving Death Sentences By Hanging
Judge Parker developed a reputation for sentencing oodles of people to expiry by hanging at the Fort Smith Courthouse , where he acted as a Union judge who superintend the Western District of Arkansas admit the nearby Indigenous territory . Parker sentenced 160 prisoners to death during his 21 - twelvemonth career , many of whom , such as Myson Davis inLawmen : Bass Reevesepisode 3 , were not given the right to attract .
The absolute frequency in which Judge Parker would sentence prisoners to decease by hang up have him the title of the " Hanging Judge " even outside of Arkansas . He is usually referred to as the Hanging Judge in several novel and films outside of Lawmen : Bass Reeves . Of the 160 people he sentenced to death by hanging , 79 were actually execute . The Hanging Judge heard nearly 14,000 cases during his career until he died in 1896 .
Judge Parker’s Prisoners Stayed At Hell On The Border Jail In Fort Smith, Arkansas
The prisoners in Fort Smith , Arkansas were held at the federal jail known commonly as " infernal region on the Border " . Several character inLawmen : Bass Reevesrefer to the Forth Smith pokey as such in the series , which was infamous for being badly observe and offer barely livable conditions to its captive . The Hell on the Boarder jail was a musing of Judge Parker ’s low-down regard for the value of the life of prisoners in Fort Smith , further demonstrated by his formidable reputation inLawmen : Bass Reeves .
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