Stuart Christie
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Stuart Christie was a Scottish anarchist writer and publisher. Aged 18, Christie was arrested while carrying explosives to assassinate the Spanish caudillo General Francisco Franco. He was later alleg
Industrial Workers of the World picket in Australia in 1981, calling for the release of Christie's wife, Brenda, from prison
Garrote
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A garrote or garrotte, or garrote vil, is a weapon and a method of capital punishment. It consists of a handheld ligature of chain, rope, scarf, wire, or fishing line, used to strangle a person.
Stuart Christie
…into Spain and was arrested in Madrid on 11 August 1964 in possession of explosives. He faced a military trial and a possible execution sentence by garrote, but was instead sentenced to twenty years in prison. An accomplice, Fernando Carballo Blanco, was sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment. He served…
From the torture museum of Freiburg im Breisgau
In this 15th-century depiction of the burning of Albigensians after an auto da fé, the condemned had been garrotted previously. It is one of the first depictions of a garrotte. Pedro Berruguete, Saint Dominic Presiding over an Auto-da-fé.
Execution by garrotte in Spain
Execution by garrotte of a murderer in Barcelona