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The Technology of the Gibbet
The practice of “hanging in chains” or gibbeting had been part of the punitive repertoire of the English and Welsh judicial system for centuries before the 1751–52 Murder Act specified it as one of two mandatory post-mortem punishments for murderers. The practice was not abolished until 1834. This a...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer US
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4372825/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25834380 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10761-014-0275-0 |