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The Puritan punishment for rape was to nail the convicts balls to a dead tree doused in oil. The tree was lit and the convict handed a knife. It was left up to him.


29 posted on 04/05/2015 3:34:43 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
The Puritan punishment for rape was to nail the convicts balls to a dead tree doused in oil. The tree was lit and the convict handed a knife. It was left up to him.

Oh cool. Either way, he'd never rape anyone else again!

34 posted on 04/05/2015 3:49:57 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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