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...
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Look up crush, crushes, or crushing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crush may refer to: Infatuation or limerence, the romantic attraction to another...
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in India, where Asian elephants were used to crush, dismember, or torture captives during public executions. The animals were trained to kill victims immediately...
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Garrote (redirect from Execution by garrote)
garrote frequently incorporates a knot at the center intended to aid in crushing the larynx, decreasing the communication capabilities of the victim, while...
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starvation, immurement, flaying, disembowelment, crucifixion, impalement, crushing, execution by elephant, keelhauling, stoning, dismemberment, sawing, slow slicing...
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Miller, Corey is crushed to death for refusing to reveal the name of a source of information. Asphyxia Crush syndrome Crushing (execution) Baker, John H...
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Electric chair (redirect from Execution by electrocution)
conceived this execution method in 1881. It was developed over the next decade as a more humane alternative to conventional executions, particularly hanging...
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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...
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Hanging (redirect from Execution by hanging)
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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Wrongful execution is a miscarriage of justice occurring when an innocent person is put to death by capital punishment. Opponents of capital punishment...
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List of methods of capital punishment (redirect from List of methods of execution)
known as execution. These methods of capital punishment are currently legal in at least one country. Many historically recorded methods of execution include...
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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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Guillotine (redirect from Execution by guillotine)
/ˈɡijətin/ GHEE-yə-teen) is an apparatus designed for effectively carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame with a weighted...
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Capital punishment (redirect from Judicial execution)
carrying out the sentence is known as an execution. A prisoner who has been sentenced to death and awaits execution is condemned and is commonly referred...
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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...
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Immurement (redirect from Execution by starvation)
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...
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Death by boiling (redirect from Execution by boiling)
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, boiling to...
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Blowing from a gun (category Execution methods)
Blowing from a gun is a method of execution in which the victim is typically tied to the mouth of a cannon which is then fired, resulting in death. George...
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A condemned prisoner's last meal is a customary ritual preceding execution. In many countries, the prisoner may, within reason, select what the last meal...
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Breaking wheel (category Execution equipment)
known as the execution wheel, the Wheel of Catherine or the (Saint) Catherine('s) Wheel, was a torture method used for public execution primarily in Europe...
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Inert gas asphyxiation (redirect from Nitrogen execution)
again in the execution of Alan Eugene Miller on September 26, 2024, the execution of Carey Dale Grayson on November 21, 2024, the execution of Demetrius...
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Gas chamber (redirect from Execution by gas chamber)
have been used as a method of execution of condemned prisoners in the United States and continue to be a legal execution method in three states, seeing...
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Scaphism (category Execution methods)
by Plutarch in his Life of Artaxerxes as an ancient Persian method of execution. He describes the victim being trapped between two small boats, one inverted...
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the death penalty. South Korea has observed an unofficial moratorium on executions since 1997. Thus, Japan and Taiwan are the only other advanced democracies...
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"Plan and Execution" is the seventh episode and mid-season finale of the sixth season of Better Call Saul, the spin-off television series of Breaking...
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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...
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Gibbeting (category Execution equipment)
Occasionally, the gibbet (/ˈdʒɪbɪt/) was also used as a method of public execution, with the criminal being left to die of exposure, thirst and/or starvation...
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Death by burning (redirect from Execution by fire)
Death by burning is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history as a form of public...
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Lethal injection (redirect from Execution by lethal injection)
cases in 2017 and has not conducted an execution since 2000, and the Maldives has never carried out an execution since its independence. Although Taiwan...
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would be executed on the spot by janissaries. Grand viziers could avoid execution by racing the bostancibaşi. If they reached the Fish Market Gate (on the...
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