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...

Look up crush, crushes, or crushing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crush may refer to: Crush (1972 film), a Hong Kong film Crush (1992 film), a New...

in India, where Asian elephants were used to crush, dismember, or torture captives during public executions. The animals were trained to kill victims immediately...

starvation, immurement, flaying, disembowelment, crucifixion, impalement, crushing, execution by elephant, keelhauling, stoning, dismemberment, sawing, slow slicing...

Miller, Corey is crushed to death for refusing to reveal the name of a source of information. Asphyxia Crush syndrome Crushing (execution) Pollock, Frederick;...

Execution by firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading (from the French fusil, rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common...

garrote frequently incorporates a knot at the center intended to aid in crushing the larynx, decreasing the communication capabilities of the victim, while...

A botched execution is defined by political science professor Austin Sarat as: Botched executions occur when there is a breakdown in, or departure from...

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...

Wrongful execution is a miscarriage of justice occurring when an innocent person is put to death by capital punishment. Opponents of capital punishment...

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...

/ˈɡijətin/ GHEE-yə-teen) is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame with a weighted...

conceived this execution method in 1881. It was developed over the next decade as a more humane alternative to conventional executions, particularly hanging...

Middle Ages, and is the primary execution method in numerous countries and regions. The first known account of execution by hanging is in Homer's Odyssey...

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...

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...

of methods of capital punishment, also known as execution. Many of the former methods combine execution with torture, often intending to make a spectacle...

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...

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...

that Smith's execution showed that nitrogen hypoxia was an "effective and humane method of execution", several people watching the execution reported that...

least 977 executions in 2015, at least 567 executions in 2016, and at least 507 executions in 2017. In 2018 there were at least 249 executions, at least...

middle (transversely). This method is similar to the ancient Chinese execution method of waist chopping. In the cases of Morocco, it is stated that the...

contained within the torso would be mutilation. Particularly in South Asia, execution by trained elephants was a form of capital punishment practiced for several...

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...

soldiers in a group sentenced to decimation were potentially liable for execution, regardless of individual degrees of fault, rank, or distinction. The...

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...

"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...

from ancient times until the second half of the 20th century. The last executions in the United Kingdom were by hanging, and took place in 1964; capital...

Falling is execution by throwing or dropping a person from a great height. It has been used since ancient times. People executed in this way die from...

The blood eagle was a method of ritual execution as detailed in late skaldic poetry. According to the two instances mentioned in the Christian sagas,...