Woodling was one of the most notorious torture methods used by pirates. What did it involve and when was it used? What made ...

Depending on where you live, corporal punishment—the practice of school administrators, staffers, or teachers subjecting students to physical punishment—may seem like it belongs in a bygone era. But ...

In 1728, as a group of residents in the western part of Chester County sought to create a more locally administered county, their petition to the authorities mentioned that “thieves, vagabonds and ill ...

Three scholars of Indian criminal law presented archival research on the history of punishment in India during a webinar panel Monday morning hosted by Harvard’s South Asia Institute. The webinar ...

Journalist Mikhail Zygar says a lot of Russian historians were actually propagandists – they worked for people in power and wrote recorded events the way politicians and elites wanted. In his new book ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- If you're looking to get out of the house this summer and go back in time, consider a visit to Henricus Historical Park. The park sits on about five acres of land in Chesterfield ...

A Comprehensive Look at America's Most Controversial Punishment The death penalty in the United States is as old as the country itself, with roots to the original European settlements. During this ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD)- South Carolina is expected to move forward with its first execution in over a decade when Richard Moore is put to death on April 29. Moore has been on death row for more than ...

When people are found guilty of committing a crime, a judge will decide how they should be punished. Sometimes they are allowed to live in their own homes and they have to pay a fine or serve their ...

The federal government reserves the right to seek the death penalty, even in states where it is banned.

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“Anyone who has had any experience of children, knows that the only way to deal with a refractory girl (no matter how old she is) is by a sound spanking. I have seen my own sisters beaten by every ...