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Peine forte et dure (Law French for "hard and forceful punishment") was a method of torture formerly used in the common law legal system, in which a defendant who refused to plead ("stood mute") would be subjected to having heavier and heavier stones placed upon their chest until a plea was entered, or death resulted.
Peine forte et dure (Law French for "forceful and hard punishment") was a method of torture formerly used in the common law legal system, in which a defendant who refused to plead ("stood mute") would be subjected to having heavier and heavier stones placed upon his or her chest until a plea was entered, or as the weight of the stones on the chest became too great for the condemned to breathe ...
[5] [2] On 30 June 1598, in line with peine forte et dure, Jane was sentenced to be stripped naked "except for a linen cloth about the lower part of her body", given "the worst bread and water of the prison next her" on alternating days (i.e. she could not drink on the day she ate nor could she eat on the day she drank), and pressed by "stones ...
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"The Case of Constant Doyle" is the 169th episode (season 6, episode 16) of the television series Perry Mason. This was the first of four consecutive episodes in which a "special guest star"—in this case, Bette Davis—filled Mason's role as the defending attorney; Raymond Burr, who portrayed Perry Mason, was in the hospital for surgery during these episodes.
Katy Perry is revealing all in an interview on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “If I come downstairs and the kitchen is clean, and you’ve done all the dishes and closed all the pantry doors ...
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This is a list of episodes for Perry Mason, an American legal drama series that aired on CBS television for nine seasons (September 21, 1957 – May 22, 1966). The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a fictional Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner.