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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
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What do you call the victim of torture?
A victim of torture.
Sexual torture to Jews by Nazis?
sexual torture to Jewish woman by Nazi
Is it ethical to use torture tactics in war?
No. Torture is never ethical, regardless of the reason.
What torture methods are use in the pow camps?
The Geneva convention prohibits torture of POWs.
Does torture still happen?
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.
