The prisoner was ordered to curl himself up into a ball. Pieces of iron were placed around him/her. The irons were tightened with a screw. Either the prisoner owned up to the crime... or his back was broken! http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/gallery_images/0708/0000/0384/100_9245b_mid.jpg or http://www.duhaime.org/Portals/duhaime/PropertyAgent/3064/Images/20.jpg It was named after its inventor Leonard Skeffington. He was in charge of torture weapons for Henry VIII
A victim of torture.
sexual torture to Jewish woman by Nazi
The Geneva convention prohibits torture of POWs.
No. Torture is never ethical, regardless of the reason.
If it's torture waiting for the answer then yes. If not, then check out amnesty.org To an extent, it's a matter of definition, but, alas, yes, torture is still widely used.
Curling irons, straightening irons, and crimpers are some. You can also use real irons, but people only did that before straightening irons were invented.
Andy Irons's birth name is Philip Andrew Irons.
Gerald Irons's birth name is Gerald Dwayne Irons.
Janine Irons's birth name is Janine Mireille Irons.
Jeremy Irons's birth name is Jeremy John Irons.
Max Irons ,son of Jeremy Irons, was 16 in 2001
Max Irons's birth name is Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons.
Samuel Irons's birth name is Samuel James Brefni Irons.
Torture = Tormentum (noun) Torture = Torquere (verb, 'to torture')
Kenny Irons is out forever
Currently, I have several irons in the fire.
Gerald Irons is 6' 2".