Kun ji game da "alkali mai rataya" Isaac Parker, amma kun san ya yi kotu a Arkansas? A 1875, Parker ya ba da kansa don yin hukunci a Fort Smith, Arkansas. Ya fara ranar 4 ga watan Mayu, 1975. A cikin makonni 8 na farko, ya yi ƙoƙari na hukunta masu laifi 91. Ya yi kotu na kwana shida a mako har tsawon sa'o'i 10 a rana. A farkon lokacin bazara a matsayin mai hukunci, mutane 18 ne aka zarge shi da kisan kai kuma ya kamu da 15 daga cikinsu. An kashe mutum shida daga cikin wadanda aka kashe a cikin gundumarsa a ranar (3 ga Satumba, 1875) kuma hakan ya sanya kyautarsa zuwa motsi.
Halin da ake yi wa mutane 6 yana kai shi ga wani abu na jin dadin jama'a a lokacin, yana samun kotu a cikin kotu mai suna "Kotun da ake zargi" a cikin 'yan watanni na farko a aikin.
Sunan ya cancanci. Ya kasance mai hukunci mai tsanani. A cikin shekaru 21 a kan benci, Alkalin kotun Parker ya yi bincike a kan laifuffuka 13,490, kuma 344 daga cikinsu sun kasance manyan laifuka. Ya sami mutane 9,454 na wadanda suka yi laifi, kuma sun yanke hukuncin kisa 160 a kaina. Sai dai 79 kawai sun rataye. Sauran sun mutu a kurkuku, sun yi kuka ko an yafe su. Parker ba wanda ya saurari sauraron karar da ake yi wa masu laifi da ake zargi da fyade ko kisan kai ba, amma ya kasance mai adalci mai adalci kuma mafi yawan a Fort Smith sun amince da hukuncinsa.
Isaac Charles Parker an haife shi a wani ɗakin ajiya a Belmont County, Ohio a ranar 15 ga Oktoba, 1838. An shigar da shi a cikin Ohio a shekara ta 1859 yana da shekaru 21. Ba da daɗewa ba ya gana da Mary O'Toole. Ma'aurata suna da 'ya'ya maza biyu, Charles da Yakubu.
Parker ya gina suna saboda kasancewa lauya mai gaskiya da jagorancin al'umma.
Wannan sunan shine dalili daya da Shugaba Grant Shugaba Grant ya nada shi ya zama alƙali a kan Yankin Yammacin Arkansas da kuma duk ƙasar Indiya (gidan kotu yana a Fort Smith). Lokacin da yake da shekaru 36, alkali Judgeer Parker ya kasance mafi shari'ar Firayim Ministan a yamma.
Kotunsa ta samu sunan da aka ambata, amma ya gamsu da shi da mabiyansa da kuma mai adalci. Zai ba da hukunci kuma a wasu lokutan rage wa] ansu laifuka game da laifuka. Duk da haka, ya fi dacewa da wadanda ke fama, musamman ga laifuka masu aikata laifuka. Ana kiran shi daya daga cikin masu bada shawara na masu hakki.
Idan aka soki shi, to daga waje ne. Akwai rashin doka da umurni a yankin Indiya Parker ya jagoranci, kuma mafi yawan yan yankunan suna jin tsoro kuma suna son umarnin sake komawa yankin. "Masu aikata laifuka" sunyi la'akari da dokokin ba su yi amfani da su ba a cikin Landan. Zalunci da ta'addanci ya sarauta. Mafi yawancin 'yan kasa suna jin cewa mummunan laifuffukan da suka dace ne.
Parker a zahiri ya gamsu da soke hukuncin kisa. Ya kasance cikakkiyar bin bin doka da kuma cikakkiyar misali don hukunta laifin. Ya ce, "a cikin rashin tabbas game da hukuncin da ake yi bayan aikata laifuka shi ne rashin karfi da adalci."
Hukumomin Parker sun fara karuwa yayin da aka bai wa kotuna karin iko akan yankunan Indiya. A watan Satumba na 1896 majalisa sun rufe kotu. Makonni shida bayan kotu ta rufe, ranar 17 ga watan Nuwambar 1896 ya mutu. Ya bar wani abin da ya saba da fahimta.
Parker yana da lakabi na mutum marar tausayi da ba a sani ba a cikin tarihinmu, amma ainihin abin da yake da shi ya fi rikitarwa.
Ziyarci Kotun Parker
Tarihin Tarihi na Tarihi na Fort Smith yana ba da damar duba gidan kurkuku na kotun Islama Isaac Parker, gidan kurkukun "Jahannama a kan iyakar", da sake sake gina gidajen kurkuku na 1888 da kuma gandun daji da aka sake gina. Kuna iya koyo game da wasu laifuffuka na iyaka da abin da Parker ya yi da shi.
Admission shi ne $ 4. Cibiyar baƙo (tare da kotun) an buɗe kullum, 9:00 am zuwa 5:00 pm Suna kusa da ranar 25 ga Disamba 25 da Janairu 1.
Ana zaune a Fort Smith (Google map), kimanin sa'o'i 2 daga Little Rock.