Gallows a broken neck rather than through strangulation, especially if extra weights were fixed to their ankles. During the era of public execution in London, England, a prominent gallows stood at Tyburn, on what is now Marble Arch. Later executions occurred outside Newgate Prison, where the Old Bailey now stands. Gallows A gallows (or scaffold) is a frame, typically wooden, from which objects can be hung or “weighed.” Gallows were thus widely used for public weighing scales for large objects such as sacks of grain or minerals, usually positioned in markets or toll gates. The term was also used for a
Evin Prison their media platforms. The Iran government is notorious for its restrictive nature in general, common punishments include: floggings, amputations, and blindings. According to Amnesty International, in 2014, miners were sentenced to 30-100 lashes for protesting working conditions. Other causes for punishment include: ‘publishing lies’ and ‘creating unease in the public mind'. Evin Prison Evin Prison () is a prison located in the Evin neighborhood of Tehran, Iran. The prison is notable as the primary site for the housing of Iran's political prisoners since 1972, before and after the Islamic Revolution, in a purpose-built wing nicknamed "Evin University" due to the