Horrifying footage emerges of screaming Afghan woman cowering in a hole as she is stoned to death by Taliban who shout 'hit her' and 'Allahu Akbar' to each other.
GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Readers may find some images distressingAfter languishing on Death Row for almost 25 years, convicted murderer Richard Moore now faces an agonising decision – choosing how he will be executed.
Although deemed 'humane' methods of death, each of his options come with their own nightmarish risks, which could see Moore facing a tortuous and excruciatingly painful end. Now MailOnline delves into the brutal world of capital punishments – and which methods of execution are still being used today. First, the inmate is secured, strip-searched and monitored in the execution room. They are then usually plied with midazolam, an anaesthetic intended to render them unconscious. Another has saline to flush it back out of the IV line. A dose is expected to take up to two minutes to kick in.
The last view an inmate strapped to this table in Washington State Penitentiary as an lethal injection is administered is the sterile, cold ceiling above The medical nature of the procedure has caused some difficulty, requiring medical professionals to administer the drugs who are sworn to protect human life, creating a conflict of interest. Nonetheless, firms have looked to get around the issues of a three-part injection with a simplified single shot.
But the procedure has led to hellish scenes of condemned inmates bursting into flames as their skin melts and eyes explode in their skulls. 'The men rose from their chairs impulsively and groaned at the agony they felt. 'Great God! He is alive!' someone said. 'Turn on the current,' said another. A crown of foot-high flames shot from the headpiece during the execution, filling the execution chamber with a stench of thick smoke and gagging the two dozen official witnesses.
The 'death chamber' in South Carolina Columbia, featuring an electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left Earlier this year South Carolina revealed plans to restart executions by firing squad after state prosecutors said deaths don't need to be quick and painless. The push shocked many - but the state is not alone in using firing squads to execute its prisoners.
While the practice was meant to have been discontinued in China in 2010, the use of firing squads have been recorded since. And in Yemen, still, Houthi authorities reserve the punishment of death by firing squad for serious crimes. In 2021, nine men found guilty of spying for the opposing Saudi-led coalition forces were put to death, executed publicly in Tahrir Square in the rebel-held capital of Sanaa.
After being allowed to make a final statement, the prisoner is strapped into the chair and a hood placed over their head. While in the US the death penalty is being used less and less, interest in Saudi practices has grown alongside the rate of capital punishment. On March 12 2022, 81 people were beheaded - the largest mass execution in recent years, despite promises to limit use of such measures.
'There are many people who faint when they witness an execution. I don't know why they come and watch if they don't have the stomach for it,' said the father of seven, who has been known to let his children clean the sword after a killing. The means of execution is not quick. The 1999 execution of German national Walter LaGrand in Arizona was described as 'barbaric' by German Justice Minister Herta Daeubler-Gmelin, lasting 18 minutes. It was the last time the means was used.
In 2021, The Guardian revealed that Arizona had 'refurbished' its gas chamber to prepare for executions, according to documents seen by the outlet. They reported the state was 'preparing to kill death row inmates using hydrogen cyanide, the same lethal gas that was deployed at Auschwitz'. Death sentences are frequently handed down for crimes ranging from drug trafficking to murder, but also white collar crimes such as corruption.
To expedite killings, China is claimed to use mobile death vans in some cases, allowing roaming death squads to carry out the state-sanctioned killings of civilians without the need to move the prisoner to an execution ground. A bed slides out from the wall of the van, to which the convicted criminal is strapped. A syringe is then put into their arm by a technician, before a police official administers a lethal injection by pressing a button.
Excluding China, Amnesty International said it had recorded 883 executions in 2022 - a huge jump from 579 in 2021 Strapped to a gurney, he struggled as his lungs filled with nitrogen. His final words were recorded as: 'Tonight, Alabama causes humanity to take a step backwards. I'm leaving with love, peace, and light. Thank you for supporting me. Love all of you.'
Miller has been on death row since 2000 after he was convicted of killing three people in two 1999 workplace shootings. Miller pleaded innocent, citing mental disease or defect. His attorneys said he was 'at best, very slow' and should be in a mental health facility rather than a prison. Which countries retain provisions for the death penalty? According to Amnesty International, as of 2022 there were 55 countries designated 'retentionist' for the death penalty. This excludes countries that are abolitionist in practice, and abolitionist for 'ordinary crimes'. These were:St Kitts & NevisSouth SudanState of PalestinePakistanBelarus
In the video, the woman can be heard crying and screaming while the crowd shouts 'Allahu Akbar' and 'hit her'. A militant with a yellow scarf covering his face is then seen using a microphone and PA system to read out the charge of 'fornication' against the couple, suggesting they had not been charged of adultery.
Horrifying footage shows an Afghan woman cowering on the ground as she is stoned to death, in an attack which activists have blamed on the TalibanHorrific footage showed ISIS militants throwing large stones at the couple to kill them A year later, a former agriculture minister and a senior education official were reportedly killed in a similar manner, 'executed by anti-aircraft gun at a military academy in Pyongyang' - the latter also alleged to have dozed off during a meeting.
A year prior, it was reported Kim Jong Un had purged a number of senior officials including deputy public security minister, who was 'executed by flamethrower'. Others were allegedly executed there or sent to a North Korean concentration camp.Satellite imagery claimed to show North Koreans opposite AA guns in a state execution
HangingHanging as a means of capital punishment was mentioned in Homer's Odyssey, but became a common method of execution by the Middle Ages. In the US, it remained the primary means until the 1890s - and still today the practice is mostly unchanged where it is legal in countries including Japan and Singapore.
Iran still uses cranes to hang its prisoners, tying them to a noose and then lifting them high in the air to be seen for miles. In 2022, protestor Majidreza Rahnavard made headlines when he was charged with 'waging war against God', ran through a 'sham trial' and put to death.
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