1) Capital punishment
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The term Scharfrichter (German for executioner, literally: `keen judge`) refers specifically to a tradition of executioners in the German states. Using a sword of execution, they had the responsibility of actually executing prisoners; his assistant, the `Löwe` (lion), would carry out tasks such as forcibly conveying prisoners to the presence ...
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