Execution by elephant, or Gunga Rao, was a method of capital punishment in South and Southeast Asia, particularly in India, where Asian elephants were...

An elephant execution, sometimes called elephant lynching, is a pseudo-legal or performative public spectacle where a captive elephant is killed in order...

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alternating current for executions had already become standard practice. Mary, another "bad elephant" whose 1916 execution by hanging was a similar public...

A war elephant is an elephant that is trained and guided by humans for combat purposes. Historically, the war elephant's main use was to charge the enemy...

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Execution by firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading (from the French fusil, rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common...

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immurement, flaying, disembowelment, crucifixion, impalement, crushing, execution by elephant, keelhauling, stoning, dismemberment, sawing, slow slicing, blood...

method of execution worldwide, used in about 70 countries, with execution by firing squad being one particular form. In most countries, execution by a firing...

Suleiman the Magnificent (1911) pp 109–125.online Ünal, Tahsin (1961). The Execution of Prince Mustafa in Eregli. Anıt. pp. 9–22. Ágoston, Gábor (1991). "Muslim...

Death by crushing or pressing is a method of execution that has a history during which the techniques used varied greatly from place to place, generally...

conceived this execution method in 1881. It was developed over the next decade as a more humane alternative to conventional executions, particularly hanging...

Particularly in South Asia, execution by trained elephants was a form of capital punishment practiced for several centuries. The techniques by which the convicted...

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Ages, and has been the primary execution method in numerous countries and regions. The first known account of execution by hanging is in Homer's Odyssey...

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A botched execution is defined by political science professor Austin Sarat as: Botched executions occur when there is a breakdown in, or departure from...

When used as a means of execution, the prisoner is simply left to die from starvation or dehydration. This form of execution is distinct from being buried...

known as execution. These methods of capital punishment are currently legal in at least one country. Many historically recorded methods of execution include...

Wrongful execution is a miscarriage of justice occurring when an innocent person is put to death by capital punishment. Opponents of capital punishment...

Death by boiling is a method of execution in which a person is killed by being immersed in a boiling liquid. While not as common as other methods of execution...

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Americas, notably in the execution of the Inca emperor Atahualpa. It was intended as a more merciful form of execution than death by burning, where heretics...

Drowning as a method of execution is attested very early in history, for a large variety of cultures and as the method of execution for many types of offences...

1692 (Dutch) editions of An Historical Relation Depiction of an execution by elephant Daoyi Zhilüe Ceylon, Physical, Historical and Topographical Donald...

Tyke (1973 – August 20, 1994) was a female African bush elephant from Mozambique who performed with Circus International of Honolulu, Hawaii. On August...

by wire from Europe, characterized the plan to end Charlie's life as an execution. Apparently formerly known as Prince Rajah, Charlie the Elephant weighed...

Latin capitalis from caput, "head") refers to execution by beheading, but executions are carried out by many methods, including hanging, shooting, lethal...