Squassation
Squassation
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Squassation was a form of torture used in conjunction with the strappado. It was the process of hanging weights from the victim as they were being tortured with the strappado. Weights ranged from fifty to five hundred pounds. The greater the weight, the more bones would be dislocated.
"Four applications of squassation were regarded as equivalent to a sentence of death" (Maple 92).
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