Psh. They're behind the times. Back when we had people we wanted to make an example of we would hang, draw and quarter them.Internet Kraken said:The crucifixion of the corpse could just be the serve as an example to others. Like shoving the heads of your fallen enemies on wooden pikes. Though I could easily be wrong. I don't know much about the Islamic faith.
Wikiquote of what that entails exactly:
We British knew how to punish!1. Dragged on a hurdle (a wooden frame) to the place of execution. This is one possible meaning of drawn.
2. Hanged by the neck for a short time or until almost dead (hanged).
3. Disembowelled and emasculated and the genitalia and entrails burned before the condemned's eyes (this is another meaning of drawn?see the reference to the Oxford English Dictionary below)
4. The body divided into four parts, then beheaded (quartered).
Typically, the resulting five parts (i.e., the four quarters of the body and the head) were gibbeted (put on public display) in different parts of the city, town, or, in famous cases, in the country, to deter would-be traitors who had not seen the execution. After 1814, the convict would be hanged until dead and the mutilation would be performed post-mortem. Gibbeting was later abolished in England in 1843, while drawing and quartering was abolished in 1870.