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on Aug 2 '12
freezing/shark attack...
shark attack/drowning...
drowning/fire...
fire/stabbing...
stabbing/thirst.
But cancer, heart disease, stroke, or aneurism is what will take me.
on Aug 2 '12
Dude.
"However, modern-day burnings still occur. In South Africa for example, extrajudicial execution by burning was done via a method called necklacing where rubber tires filled with kerosene (or gasoline) are placed around the neck of a live individual. The fuel is then ignited, the rubber melts, and the victim is burnt to death.[15][16] In Rio de Janeiro, burning people standing inside a pile of tires is a common form of murder used by drug dealers to punish those who have supposedly collaborated with the police. This form of burning is called microondas, “the microwave”. The movie Tropa de Elite (Elite…
Dude.
"However, modern-day burnings still occur. In South Africa for example, extrajudicial execution by burning was done via a method called necklacing where rubber tires filled with kerosene (or gasoline) are placed around the neck of a live individual. The fuel is then ignited, the rubber melts, and the victim is burnt to death.[15][16] In Rio de Janeiro, burning people standing inside a pile of tires is a common form of murder used by drug dealers to punish those who have supposedly collaborated with the police. This form of burning is called microondas, “the microwave”. The movie Tropa de Elite (Elite Squad) has a scene depicting this practice.[17]"
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on Aug 1 '12
"You Elizabeth Herring are to be led from hence to the Gaol from whence you came; and on Monday next you are to be drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution; where you are to be burnt with fire until you are dead."
20,000 spectators turned out for Elizabeth Herring's burning at Tyburn (in present-day London) on Monday, Sept. 13, 1773.
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/burning.html
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