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  • Death of a Thousand Cuts
    Overview and discussion of famously slow and possibly mythical Chinese execution method .
    everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=446102
  • 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
  • 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: 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
 


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