Jiagun
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jiagun-240-5412618
title:
Jiagun
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The jiagun ( 夾棍) ankle crusher was a Chinese instrument of torture consisting of three wooden boards approximately a yard in length that were connected with cords, which when placed around a suspect's feet and gradually pulled, caused agonizing pain in order to force a confession. Under traditional Chinese law, a person could not be convicted of a crime unless they confessed. The jiagun was a legal and non-lethal method for torturing men to confess, and for women there was the similar and less p
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Chinese torture method
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiagun
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2024-04-16T21:16:51Z
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