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kindled under the wheel, or the "wheeled" convict was simply thrown into a fire. occasionally, a small gallows was set up on the wheel, for example, if there were a guilty verdict for theft in addition to murder. [ ] since the body remained on the wheel after execution, left to scavenging animals, birds
several times per limb. sometimes it was "mercifully" ordered that the executioner should strike the condemned on the chest and abdomen, blows known as coups de grâce ( french : "blows of mercy"), which caused fatal injuries. without those, the broken man could last hours and even days, during which birds...
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