The Last Words of Giles Corey

Giles Corey was sentenced to a method of torture known as penifortidoo, which is French for strong and hard punishment. Those who were sentenced to that fate were stripped naked and laid on the ground outside with a wide board over their body. Then in slow increments, large stones would be set upon the board, building up over time to become an unbearable weight. Through it all, he refused to confess to something he didn't do. He goes down as the only person ever to be pressed to death by court order in the history of the United States.