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## The wounds generated by these tortures were then filled with molten wax, then lead, and then boiling oil. |
## The wounds generated by these tortures were then filled with molten wax, then lead, and then boiling oil. |
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## The condemned's arms and legs were then harnessed to several horses, which would proceed to pull in opposite directions. The objective here was to literally have his limbs ripped off by the horses, although if it was taking too long--and it could take hours--the executioner might help the horses along with an ax. |
## The condemned's arms and legs were then harnessed to several horses, which would proceed to pull in opposite directions. The objective here was to literally have his limbs ripped off by the horses, although if it was taking too long--and it could take hours--the executioner might help the horses along with an ax. |
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## Finally, the condemned's torso would be burned at the stake. Note that the last person to receive this punishment ( |
## Finally, the condemned's torso would be burned at the stake. Note that the last person to receive this punishment ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert-Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens Robert-François Damiens], who had attempted to kill Louis XV in 1757) was still alive when the burning started. |
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_FBI_Miami_shootout William Matix and Michael Platt], a pair of bank robbers in Miami, both suffered this fate during a vicious shootout with the FBI. The melee was so brutal and drawn out that it led to many law enforcement agencies ditching revolvers completely. During the fight, Platt was shot in the lung an inch from his heart, the thigh, both feet, the arm, the torso, the scalp, and the chest. Matix was hit in the arm, head, and neck and knocked unconscious. He came to and was shot three times in the face before dying. |
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_FBI_Miami_shootout William Matix and Michael Platt], a pair of bank robbers in Miami, both suffered this fate during a vicious shootout with the FBI. The melee was so brutal and drawn out that it led to many law enforcement agencies ditching revolvers completely. During the fight, Platt was shot in the lung an inch from his heart, the thigh, both feet, the arm, the torso, the scalp, and the chest. Matix was hit in the arm, head, and neck and knocked unconscious. He came to and was shot three times in the face before dying. |
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