Crime & punishment

Crime & punishment

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kidnapping

Law enforcement; Crime & punishment

To steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom: A gang took a rich man's son and asked the family for money.

mugging

Law enforcement; Crime & punishment

An assault or threat of violence upon a person, especially with intent to rob: A man held out a knife and made me give him my wallet.

rape

Law enforcement; Crime & punishment

1. The unlawful compelling of a person through physical force or duress to have sexual intercourse. 2. Any act of sexual intercourse that is forced upon a person. 3. Statutory rape.

In 15th century Romania; the victim was forced to sit on a sharp and thick pole. When the pole was then raised upright, the victim was left to slide down the pole with their own weight. The victim ...

Rat Torture

Law enforcement; Crime & punishment

One of the most sadistic of all torture techniques involved having a cage with one open side strapped against the victim's body. It would then be filled with large rodents and a heating element which ...

Hang, Drawn & Quartered

Law enforcement; Crime & punishment

This kind of penalty were used during the medieval times in England. It was usually used for high treason. It was recorded that the first ritual was during the reign of King Henry III (1216-1272), ...

The Rack

Law enforcement; Crime & punishment

Another device used to get confession from the convict, usually use to extract name of the conspirator. It was said to be the most painful torture. It was a wooden frame usually above ground with ...