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Scaphism (from Greek σκάφη, meaning "boat"), [1] also known as the boats, is reported 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 on top of the other, with limbs and head sticking out, feeding them and smearing them with milk and honey, and allowing them to fester and be ...
Mock execution; Forced nudity; Seclusion; Pharmacological torture; Exploitation of phobias; e.g., mock execution, leaving arachnophobes in a room full of spiders; Sensory deprivation; Sensory overload; Sleep deprivation; Solitary confinement / isolation; Threat of severe disfigurement; Tickle torture; Waterboarding; White room torture [1]
Although beheading has been a widely employed public execution method since the ancient Greeks and Romans, [2] videos of this type only began to arise in 2002 with the beheading of Daniel Pearl and the growth of the Internet in the Information Age, which allowed groups to anonymously publish these videos for public consumption.
The state has not carried out an execution since May 2011. The death penalty is on hold while the S.C. Supreme Court determines whether to restart executions by lethal injection, firing squad or ...
The state argued against these claims, saying in court records nitrogen hypoxia was perhaps the most humane execution method ever. After he was dead, both sides pointed to Smith’s execution as ...
In killing Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen hypoxia, the state would be using him as a "test subject," Smith's lawyers argue.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... People executed by Nazi Germany by method (5 C) B. People executed by blunt trauma (14 P)
The execution unfolded after a federal appeals court panel Wednesday rejected in a 2-1 ruling Barber’s request to block his execution over fears that he could be subject to “substantial harm."