The Cruelty of Judicial Torture

You may be imprisoned in total darkness for months or years at a time, repeatedly beaten and starved, or stretched upon the rack. To this torment, squashation might be added, which being often sufficient to cause your death may yet spare you the agony of the stake. If you're unlucky enough to be in Spain where judicial torture has achieved a transcendent level of cruelty, you may be placed in the Spanish chair,. In the interest of saving your soul, a coal brazier will be placed beneath your bare feet, slowly roasting them. Because the stain of heresy runs deep, your flesh will be continually larded with fat to keep it from burning too quickly. Or you may be