8. England had an interesting approach to high treason until 1870
The full punishment for the crime of high treason was to be "hanged, drawn and quartered"
1.Dragged on a hurdle (a wooden frame) to the place of execution 2.Hanged by the neck, but removed before death 3.Disembowelled, and the genitalia and entrails burned before the victim's eyes; the heart was the last to be removed and was then shown to the victim before the entrails were burned. 4.Beheaded and the body divided into four parts (quartered).
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