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Doc.DGAF · 05-03-2006, 10:50 AM

Methods of execution used to carry out capital punishment have varied over time and are a source of much controversey the world over, here's a list:

Asphyxiation (or strangulation), such as by Garrotte
Blood eagle (possibly a myth)
Boiling to death
Burning, especially for religious heretics and witches on the stake
Brazen bull
Breaking on the Wheel
Burial (alive, also known as the pit)
Crucifixion
Crushing by a weight, abruptly or as a slow ordeal - see also animals
Decapitation, or beheading (as by sword, axe or guillotine)
Disembowelment
Dismemberment
Drawing and quartering (Considered by many to be the most cruel of punishments)
Drowning
Electric chair
Explosives
Flaying (skinning)
Fustuarium
Gassing
Hanging
Impalement
Lethal injection
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Keelhauling (not always lethal) and walking the plank (if not fictitious)
Pressing
People shredder (Possibly mythical)
Poisoning
Sawing
Scaphism and similar methods mentioned there
Shooting can be performed either

1.by Firing squad
2.by a single shooter (such as the neck shot, often performed on a kneeling prisoner, as in the PR China)

Starvation and Dehydration (sometimes as immurement)
Stoning
Various animal-related methods

1.Tearing apart by horses, e.g. Ancient China (using five horses) or "quartering," with four horses, and in The Song of Roland
2.Attack/devouring by animals, such as dogs or wolves, as in Ancient Rome and the Biblical lion's den, by rodents (such as rats), by carnivorous fish (such as piranhas or sharks), by crabs or by insects (such as ants)
3.Poisonous stings from scorpions and bites by snakes, spiders, etcetera
Crushing by elephant or trampling by a herd or by horsemen, as practiced by the Mongolian hordes
4.Snake pit

Now what would you prefer to be the new primary form of execution?

05-03-2006, 10:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
Doc.DGAF Uhh-I am Octiposter-huhuh Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 232	Methods of execution used to carry out capital punishment have varied over time and are a source of much controversey the world over, here's a list: Asphyxiation (or strangulation), such as by Garrotte Blood eagle (possibly a myth) Boiling to death Burning, especially for religious heretics and witches on the stake Brazen bull Breaking on the Wheel Burial (alive, also known as the pit) Crucifixion Crushing by a weight, abruptly or as a slow ordeal - see also animals Decapitation, or beheading (as by sword, axe or guillotine) Disembowelment Dismemberment Drawing and quartering (Considered by many to be the most cruel of punishments) Drowning Electric chair Explosives Flaying (skinning) Fustuarium Gassing Hanging Impalement Lethal injection Iron Maiden Keelhauling (not always lethal) and walking the plank (if not fictitious) Pressing People shredder (Possibly mythical) Poisoning Sawing Scaphism and similar methods mentioned there Shooting can be performed either 1.by Firing squad 2.by a single shooter (such as the neck shot, often performed on a kneeling prisoner, as in the PR China) Starvation and Dehydration (sometimes as immurement) Stoning Various animal-related methods 1.Tearing apart by horses, e.g. Ancient China (using five horses) or "quartering," with four horses, and in The Song of Roland 2.Attack/devouring by animals, such as dogs or wolves, as in Ancient Rome and the Biblical lion's den, by rodents (such as rats), by carnivorous fish (such as piranhas or sharks), by crabs or by insects (such as ants) 3.Poisonous stings from scorpions and bites by snakes, spiders, etcetera Crushing by elephant or trampling by a herd or by horsemen, as practiced by the Mongolian hordes 4.Snake pit Now what would you prefer to be the new primary form of execution? __________________ Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.-Confucius Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.-Friedrich Nietzsche Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure.-Lord Byron Popularity's bad for you. I avoid it like the plague.-Brian Mulrooney