Thousands of years ago in ancient China, criminals faced more than just imprisonment; serious offenses could result in the brutal punishment of "amputation."The amputation punishment was applied to individuals convicted ...
In the Middle Ages, to reduce crime rates and the number of prisoners, lords often devised extremely harsh methods of torture.Terrifying Torture Methods of the Middle Ages23. Cutting off the ...
This punishment was conceived by the Ming Dynasty's founding emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang. It is a form of punishment so brutal that prisoners would rather choose death than endure it.The Brutality ...
The method of torture that leads to death has been used for a long time by the Romans. It wasn't until the 17th century that this method involving rats was ...
