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* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', we never see one, but it's referenced. When the kids are at a Fire Nation festival in "The Deserter", Aang spots a big crowd and wonders what it's for. Sokka goes, "Knowing the Fire Nation, it's probably an execution."
** Actually, in the episode "Avatar Day", Aang himself was set up to be executed for killing a community's leader in a past life (to be fair, it was an accident). Fortunately, the Fire Nation chose this exact moment to attack the village, and his punishment was changed to "community service" in the form of driving them off.
== Real Life ==
* Contrary to popular belief (and media depictions) of this happening to nobility or royalty (like say, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn Anne Boleyn]) such executions were usually done in private; one "benefit" of having the position was not having to endure the jeering of crowds, and not coincidentally, doing so in public would often create dissent towards whatever monarch had ordered the execution.
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