Torture and Punishment - Burned at the Stake
During the Medieval times inflicting pain and torture was an accepted form of punishment or interrogation. The cruel and pitiless torturers were induced to inflict the horrors of torture or punishment, including being burned at the Stake, on the pitiful prisoners. Different types of torture or methods of punishment were inflicted, depending on the crime and the social status of the victim, using various methods and various types of devices or instruments.
The Law, Crime, Torture and Punishment - Burned at the Stake
There were no laws or rules to protect the treatment of prisoners who faced torture or punishment, such as being Burned at the Stake. No matter what the type of torture or punishment was used it was seen as a totally legitimate means for justice to extract confessions, obtain the names of accomplices, obtain testimonies or confessions or to impose a penalty, sanctioned by law for a wrong committed. The following description provides facts and information about the death sentence of being Burned at the Stake.
