"In England, from as early as 1241 to as late as 1820, those convicted of capital crimes were hanged, drawn, and quartered. The prisoner was taken from his prison cell and laid on a sledge which was tied to a horse and dragged along the ground to the gallows... " "...Stoning and hanging were not the only methods of execution in early times -- only the most common. An impressive amount of sadistic creativity went into devising methods of killing those who dared to break the law..." "...In the 1800s hanging was the most common means of execution. It was eventually replaced by electrocution, then by lethal gas and, most recently, by lethal injection."
Personal thought ;
It is painful to think about how people used to punish others by killing them in front of others. Also by this act we can see that as time past everything changed. People have the rights to defend themselves and to have a lawyer, and also with other penalties.
http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/psych/mcostanzo/death_penalty/chapter.htm
By: Yenny Francisco
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