- Before the Needles
Statistics and regional breakdowns of executions in America before the use of lethal injections.
users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution.htm
- 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
- 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: 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
- 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
- History of Execution Methods
Describes popular methods of execution throughout history.
istina.rin.ru/eng/ufo/text/296.html
- Indian Mirror: Strange Administrative Customs
Reviews unusual punishments in historical India, including execution by elephant.
www.indianmirror.com/strange/stindia3.html
- Death of a Thousand Cuts
Overview and discussion of famously slow and possibly mythical Chinese execution method .
everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=446102
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