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To avoid movement, the victim's wrists were tied to the chair or, in one version, two bars pushed the arms against arm-rests for the spikes to penetrate the flesh even further. In some versions, there were holes under the chair's bottom where the torturer placed coal to cause severe burns while the victim still remained conscious.
Romand killed his wife, two children, his parents and their dog, and attempted to kill his ex-mistress. Bain family murders, June 20, 1994, Dunedin. Five members of the Bain family were shot to death, either by Robin Bain, the father of the family, or the eldest son David. [25] Susan Smith, October 25, 1994, Union, South Carolina. Smith drowned ...
Also referred to as "disruption", dismemberment could be brought about by chaining four horses to the condemned's arms and legs, thus making them pull him apart, as was the case with the executions of François Ravaillac in 1610, Michał Piekarski in 1620, and Robert-François Damiens in 1757.
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[32] [33] The arbitrary, cruel, and short-lived Liu Ziye was apt to kill innocent officials by lingchi. [34] Gao Yang killed only six people by this method, [ 35 ] and An Lushan killed only one man. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] Lingchi was known in the Five Dynasties period (907–960 CE); but, in one of the earliest such acts, Shi Jingtang abolished it. [ 38 ]
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Common wound types include gunshots to the extremities. A person may achieve a similar effect by deliberately neglecting their health, e.g., by letting a minor wound become infected, or foregoing foot care in damp environments to trigger the development of diseases like trench foot and tropical ulcers, which are debilitating but not usually fatal or permanent if treated properly.