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Petition to close McKamey Manor

I had already talked about McKamey Manor 4 years ago and how even then it was considered something more than

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The United States of America has been the scene of heinous crimes for decades. A land that many legitimately dream

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Death Row. This is the section of U.S. prisons in which those sentenced to capital punishment – in those states

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New Orleans is, without a doubt, one of the most characteristic cities in the United States of America. Beating heart

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In addition to increasing violence and corruption, Brazil is experiencing some silent tragedies. One of them is directly related to

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The photo you see above dates back to 1904 and portrays Nsala, a Congolese man. But what is he looking

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You read right. Sharon Lopatka chose to be tortured and killed. Her case is in fact a case of consensual

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The Dnepropetrovsk maniacs are two young Ukrainians who killed 21 people in 2007 in just 21 days. (Technically they are

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After the article about the mellified man, I could not help but talk about scaphism: an ancient Persian method of death

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The crucifixion was a widely used method of execution in ancient times, and it is definitely one of the most

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When you think about thedeath by burning, the thought should go immediately to the witch hunts of the ‘500 and

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Poena cullei comes from Latin and means “penalty of the sack.” It was used in ancient Rome to punish the

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