WHAT IS PUNISHMENT?
PUNISHMENT IS THE ACT OF INFLICTING A CONSEQUENCE OR PENALTY ON SOMEONE AS A RESULT OF THE WRONGDOING, OR THE CONSEQUENCE OR PENALTY ITSELF. IN OTHER WORDS, A PENALTY IMPOSED ON AN OFFENDER FOR A CRIME OR WRONGDOING.
BLACK LAW DICTIONARY DEFINES PUNISHMENT ASIN CRIMINAL LAW, ANY PAIN, PENALTY, SUFFERING, OR CONFINEMENT INFLICTED UPON A PERSON BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE LAW AND THE JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE OF A COURT, FOR SOME CRIME OR OFFENSE COMMITTED BY HIM, OR FOR HIS OMISSION OF A DUTY ENJOYED BY LAW.
1.The Blood Eagle
The Blood Eagle was a method of torture that was used by the Vikings. It was mainly done for shock value. The skin on your back would be sliced open, exposing your ribcage. Your ribs would be snapped and pulled back, making it look like you had blood-stained wings. Then, your lungs would be dragged out and left hanging outside your body while you slowly suffocated.
2.The Brazen Bull
Its inventor, Perillos of Athens, proposed to Phalaris; a tyrant, the need for a more painful way to kill criminals. This was done hoping to dissuade the poor population from committing any more crimes.
As the story goes, when Perillos finished the brazen bull, Phalaris asked Perillos to try it out by himself. He then ordered him locked inside the brazen bull and set a fire underneath it. He was very pleased with the results. Being burned alive was a very exciting act to watch.
When a victim is placed inside the brazen bull, he or she is slowly burned to death. This device gradually became more sophisticated until the Greek invented a complex system of tubes in order to make the victim's screams sound like an infuriated ox.
3.Rat Torture
Rat Torture was a commonly used in the Middle Ages. The way it was done is as follows:
The victim was completely restrained and tied to the ground or any horizontal surface. A rat was then placed on his stomach covered by a metallic container. As the container was gradually heated, the rat began to look for a way out - through the victim's body. Digging a hole usually took a few hours of agonizing pain for the victim. This almost always resulted in death.
4.Coffin Torture
The victim was placed inside the "coffin". Torturers were well-known for forcing overweight victims into the device, or even making the "coffin" slightly larger than normal to make the victims more uncomfortable.
The period of time a victim was to be kept inside the coffin was determined by his or her crime. Very serious crimes, such as blasphemy, were punished by death inside the coffin where the victim was to be kept inside under the sun with animals eating his or her flesh.
5.Wooden Horse
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6.Death By Sawing
The term "death by sawing" indicates the act of sawing a living person in half.
Thus, decapitation by sawing or dismemberment by sawing are tangential sub-themes, though. some ambiguous cases might be included.
7.Bamboo Torture
Bamboo torture is a form of torture where a bamboo shoot is grown through the body of a victim tied to the ground. The bamboo pierces the flesh and grows through the body within days. It was allegedly used in East and South Asia. Accounts accuse the Japanese of practicing this torture during WWII upon U.S. and Allied POWs. However, the torture technique can be traced back to the 1821 Siamese invasion of Kedah. Bamboo can naturally grow through obstructions as the shoots grow straight out of the ground. Certain species of bamboo can grow 36 inches within a 24-hour period, at a rate of almost 11/2 inch an hour.
8.Scaphism Torture
SCAPHISM IS A GRUESOME METHOD OF TORTURE THAT INVOLVES NAILING TWO BOATS OF EQUAL SIZE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, LIKE A FLOATING COFFIN. THE PRISONER WAS FORCE-FED AND THEIR FACE WAS COVERED IN MILK AND HONEY SO THAT FLIES WOULD FEAST ON THE FLESH. IN TIME, THE PRISONER'S EXCREMENT WOULD BUILD UP AND ATTRACT INSECTS AND VERMIN THAT WOULD BEGIN TO DEVOUR THEM ALIVE, DEATH USUALLY HAPPENED WITHIN 17 DAYS.
9.Death Penalty
Ancient History:
The Roman death penalty was often cruel and included crucifixion, drowning at sea, burial alive, beating to death, and impalement (often used by Nero).
The Romans had a curious punishment for parricides (murder of a parent): the condemned was submersed in water in a sack, which also contained a dog, a rooster, a viper and an ape.
10.Impalement
"Impalement has usually been a form of punishment linked to crimes against the state or in war.
"Although not one of the most common forms of execution, impalement has been known to be used from Babylonian times. Records indicate that in 1772 BC, the Code of Hammurabi dictated death by impalement for women who killed their husband to be with another man. The act of impalement involves a long stake being inserted into the body, causing a relatively slow and painful death for the condemned. There are several different forms of impalement:"