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The Garotte |
 | | Typically, when a person was burned at the stake, they were first mercifully dispatched with the garotte. |
 | | European executioners first used the garotte to end the suffering of men broken on the wheel, but by the turn of the 18 |
 | | The victim would stand or sit on a seat in front of the post, and a rope was looped around his or her neck. |
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