An Interesting Fact: One You May Not Know

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Over the years, there have been many DIFFERENT forms of punishment meted out to criminals and dissenters. Everything from “burning at the stake” to “lethal injection” to “hanging,” “electric chair” and numerous other methods have been used. A rather ancient method was “beheading” so I was surprised to read this morning that beheading, as a punishment, was done as late as 1975. Yes, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot to death by one of his nephews, who had a history of mental illness. For this, the nephew was beheaded. Now, I wonder if this was the LAST time that someone was beheaded for punishment or not. I know that some prisoners have been beheaded recently by terrorists. What do you think?