Capital punishment in the United States
For example, in 1755, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a slave named Mark was accused of poisoning his "master."  He was executed, then hung in chains at Boston Harbor so his body would rot.  This was supposed to remind other slaves not to rebel every time they passed Mark's body.  Twenty years later, when Paul Revere made his "Midnight Ride," Mark's skeleton was still hanging in chains at Boston Harbor.