- Wikipedia: Death by a Thousand Cuts
Brief description of the execution method that may have been used in ancient China, where small bits of flesh were carved away over a period of days or weeks.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_a_thousand_cuts
- Wikipedia: Sawing
Brief description of the execution method used in the Spanish Inquisition where the condemned was hung upside down and then sawed apart down the middle, starting at the crotch.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawing
- Wikipedia: Disembowelment
Article on the old form of capital punishment, also known as evisceration, where the vital organs are removed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disembowelment
- DPIC: Methods of Execution
Reviews types of executions used in the United States, including a state-by-state breakdown.
www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=245
- Indian Mirror: Strange Administrative Customs
Reviews unusual punishments in historical India, including execution by elephant.
www.indianmirror.com/strange/stindia3.html
- Before the Needles
Statistics and regional breakdowns of executions in America before the use of lethal injections.
users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution.htm
- Death of a Thousand Cuts
Overview and discussion of famously slow and possibly mythical Chinese execution method .
everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=446102
- History of Execution Methods
Describes popular methods of execution throughout history.
istina.rin.ru/eng/ufo/text/296.html
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