Crime & punishment

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Judas Cradle

Law enforcement; Crime & punishment

Its also known as the Judas Chair or 'the wake' - because the device wouldn't allow the victim to fall a sleep - because certain muscles are contracted. The device or chair was ...

The most inhuman torture, the victim would be stripped and made to hang upside down. This is done so that the brain is oxygenated and the victim does not pass out due to the surrounding circumstances ...

Coffin Torture

Law enforcement; Crime & punishment

This kind of torture also been used throughout the middle age time. The convict was placed inside the "coffin". Torturers were well-known for forcing overweight victims into the device, or ...

Sheila Von Weise

Law enforcement; Crime & punishment

A 62-year-old Sheila Von Weise was found dead in a suitcase at St.Regis Hotel, Bali. The body was found half-naked and stuffed inside a suitcase, on 13th August 2014. The police currently kept the ...

Casey Anthony

Law enforcement; Crime & punishment

She is a mother of a three-year old child. Her child was reported missing and thus she was tried for the first degree murder of her daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony. She was convicted of misdemeanor ...