https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-most-brutal-methods-of-execution-from-the-ancient-world
Here we look at 13 of the most macabre methods for dispatching people in antiquity. 1. The brazen bull. Perilaus being forced into the brazen bull. Arguably the most famous figure of Ancient Greece is the Athenian Socrates, executed in old age by being commanded to drink hemlock.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_methods_of_capital_punishment
Used as punishment for high treason in the Ancien régime; also used by several others countries at various points in history. Drowning: Execution by drowning is attested very early in history, by a large variety of cultures, and as the method of execution for many different offences. Drawing and quartering: English method of execution for high

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/historical-methods-of-execution.html
Historical Methods Of Execution. With already so many ways to die, ancient executors would often get more creative than, say, a quick beheading that is comparatively humane due to the immediate disconnection of the brain that registers the pain to the rest of the body. Nevertheless, some of the most widespread ways of historical methods of

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/history-of-the-death-penalty/early-history-of-the-death-penalty
Amnesty International, " List of Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries," Report ACT 50 / 01 / 99, April 1999 D. Baker: " A Descriptive Profile and Socio-Historical Analysis of Female Executions in the United States: 1632 - 1997 "; 10 (3) Women and Criminal Justice 57 (1999) R. Bohm, " Deathquest: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Capital Punishment in the United

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/history-of-the-death-penalty-timeline
1924 - The use of cyanide gas introduced as an execution method. 1930s - Executions reach the highest levels in American history - average 167 per year. 1948 - The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaiming a "right to life." 1950-1980 - De facto abolition becomes the norm in western Europe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging
Hanging has been a common method of capital punishment since the 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. [1] Hanging is also a method of suicide . The past and past participle of hang in this sense is hanged, not hung .

https://www.britannica.com/topic/beheading
beheading, a mode of executing capital punishment by which the head is severed from the body. The ancient Greeks and Romans regarded it as a most honourable form of death. Before execution the criminal was tied to a stake and whipped with rods. In early times an ax was used, but later a sword, which was considered a more honourable instrument

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impalement
Impalement. Impalement, as a method of torture and execution, is the penetration of a human by an object such as a stake, pole, spear, or hook, often by the complete or partial perforation of the torso. It was particularly used in response to "crimes against the state" and regarded across a number of cultures as a very harsh form of capital

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/execution/origins-of-capital-punishment/
Origins Of Capital Punishment. Capital punishment, often referred to as the death penalty, has been used as a method of crime deterrence since the earliest societies. Historical records show that even the most ancient primitive tribes utilized methods of punishing wrongdoers, including taking their lives, to pay for the crimes they committed.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-long-fraught-history-of-human-execution-techniques
By the 1860s, authorities in the U.K. learned of the long-drop technique, which was meant to deliver 1,000 pounds of force. The executioner divided the person's weight in pounds by 2,240. The resulting number was the ideal length of rope (in feet). When the long-drop technique went successfully, the spinal cord broke instantly and the

https://www.britannica.com/topic/capital-punishment
Capital punishment, execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense. The term 'death penalty' is sometimes used interchangeably with 'capital punishment,' though imposition of the penalty is not always followed by execution. ... Historical considerations. Capital punishment for murder

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/curriculum/high-school/about-the-death-penalty/history-of-the-death-penalty
The first recorded execution in the new colonies was that of Captain George Kendall in the Jamestown colony of Virginia in 1608. Kendall was executed for being a spy for Spain. In 1612, Virginia Governor Sir Thomas Dale enacted the Divine, Moral and Martial Laws, which provided the death penalty for even minor offenses such as stealing grapes

https://deathpenalty.procon.org/historical-timeline/
Throughout our history, whenever a method of execution has been challenged in this Court as cruel and unusual, the Court has rejected the challenge. Our society has nonetheless steadily moved to more humane methods of carrying out capital punishment. The firing squad, hanging, the electric chair, and the gas chamber have each in turn given way

https://www.britannica.com/topic/crucifixion-capital-punishment
Crucifixion. crucifixion, an important method of capital punishment particularly among the Persians, Seleucids, Carthaginians, and Romans from about the 6th century bce to the 4th century ce. Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor, abolished it in the Roman Empire in the early 4th century ce out of veneration for Jesus Christ, the

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/history-of-the-death-penalty/
[From: Society's Final Solution: A History and Discussion of the Death Penalty, Laura E. Randa, ed., University Press of America, Inc., 1997. Reprinted with permission of the publisher.] As far

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/hang-em-high-7-of-history-s-most-famous-executioners
In chronological order, we look here at seven of history's most famous executioners. 1. Diary of Death - Franz Schmidt (1555-1634) Four centuries ago, one man left a fascinating historical record - a diabolical diary of the hundreds of people he had legally killed, maimed, disfigured, and tortured throughout his life.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/06/a-brief-history-of-american-executions/392270/
By Matt Ford. June 2015 Issue. Library of Congress. Hanging is perhaps the quintessential American punishment. In the pre-revolutionary era, criminals were also shot, pressed between heavy stones

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/killing-me-slowly-7-of-the-longest-executions-in-history
7. The Orléans Robber and The Three-Year Execution. One day in 1747, in the French city of Orléans, a highwayman was 'broken' on the wheel. After bludgeoning the man to a bloody pulp, the executioner gave what he believed to be a mangled corpse to a local surgeon.

https://www.worldhistory.org/crucifixion/
Crucifixion as a punishment was practiced by several ancient cultures, but most notably adopted by the Roman Republic and later Roman Empire.Crucifixion was a method of hanging or suspending someone on the combination of vertical and horizontal poles until they died. In Christian theology and ritual, the trial and crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth is iconic for both his physical suffering as

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/history-of-the-death-penalty
The death penalty has existed in the United States since colonial times. Its history is intertwined with slavery, segregation, and social reform movements. There are excellent sources available for those interested in the history of capital punishment. The following pages contain a brief summary of that history, with an emphasis on developments

https://time.com/82375/every-execution-in-u-s-history-in-a-single-chart/
More than half of the 15,746 executions in U.S. history have been by hanging. Today, lethal injection has replaced electrocution as the dominant method of capital punishment in the United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, [1] [2] is the state-sanctioned practice of killing a person as a punishment for a crime, usually following an authorised, rule-governed process to conclude that the person is responsible for violating norms that warrant said punishment. [3]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/noose-largest-mass-execution-us-history-returned-dakota-110650928
MINNEAPOLIS -- A noose that was used in the largest mass execution in U.S. history will be returned to a Dakota tribe, the Minnesota Historical Society announced. The society plans to repatriate

https://www.historyextra.com/period/modern/a-brief-history-of-capital-punishment-in-britain/
The 'Bloody Code'. Britain's 'Bloody Code' was the name given to the legal system between the late-17th and early-19th century which made more than 200 offences - many of them petty - punishable by death. Statutes introduced between 1688 and 1815 covered primarily property offences, such as pickpocketing, cutting down trees and

https://www.foxnews.com/us/noose-used-largest-ever-us-mass-execution-returned-minnesota-tribe
A noose that was used in the largest mass execution in U.S. history will be returned to a Dakota tribe, the Minnesota Historical Society announced. The society plans to repatriate what is known as

https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-dakota-hanging-rope-mass-execution-1839b8aca9b1ea55afc5d3fd81b79bb3
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A noose that was used in the largest mass execution in U.S. history will be returned to a Dakota tribe, the Minnesota Historical Society announced.. The society plans to repatriate what is known as the Mankato Hanging Rope to the Prairie Island Indian Community after the 30-day notice period required under federal law.

https://wtop.com/national/2024/05/noose-used-in-largest-mass-execution-in-us-history-will-be-returned-to-a-dakota-tribe-in-minnesota/
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A noose that was used in the largest mass execution in U.S. history will be returned to a Dakota tribe, the Minnesota Historical Society announced. "This is a harmful and

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions/methods-of-execution
The primary means of execution in the U.S. have been hanging, electrocution, the gas chamber, firing squad, and lethal injection. The Supreme Court has never found a method of execution to be unconstitutional, though some methods have been declared unconstitutional by state courts. The predominance of lethal injection as the preferred means of