Top 10 Banned Capital Punishments
Top 10 Banned Capital Punishments
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There are some gruesome capital punishment methods that were banned: Whether it’s something as famous as crucifixion, or something horrible like being boiled to death or lingchi – where small pieces of your body are sliced off a bit at a time, these are definitely some of the most gruesome methods of execution in history and some of the worst ways to die. WatchMojo counts down ten methods of administering the death penalty that have been prohibited around the world.
If you’d like to learn more about executions and criminals that were executed, watch our lists of the Top 10 Infamous Historical Executions: Top 10 Executed Criminals’ Last Words: and Top 10 Gruesome Methods of Execution:
00:41 #10: Lingchi
01:29 #9: Crucifixion
02:13 #8: Premature Burial [aka Live Burial]
02:59 #7: Pressing [aka Crushing]
03:47 #6: Boiled to Death
04:35 #5: Sawing
05:19 #4: Drawing & Quartering [aka Dismemberment]
06:10 #3, #2 & #1 ???
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Lingchi is like spicy Asian lettuce- Oitnb
what about the electric chair, drowning during the witch trial, or the bronze bull.
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Crufixation is not found in the original manuscript of the Bible Jesus died on the torture stake
Death by snu snu
who is with me?
being buried alive is the worst
Why wasn't electrocution on here?
We should bring some of these punishments back and allow public viewing (on tv). I'd watch it….. It would please me.
i saw hanging… PETRUCCIO!!!
why is this age restricted?
Most of the gruesome killing and execution methods are carried out by the Church and Christian extremists.
And we are all taught in school that Middle Eastern countries are inhumane.
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Remember when #3 and #1 were both used in a Disney movie? Cause I do.
What about the blood eagle
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You forgot the worst of all: Scaphism.
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I remember reading up on these executions years ago that I would have to say this: Years ago in the middle ages they were brutal, indeed.
Actually in crucifixion they didnt nail hands and feet to the wood, they only tied them up there so they couldnt breath because of the position. Jesus was a special case