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Teacher Demands Teen Remove Her Cap, Regrets It After Realizing What Is Under That Cap –

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The teacher banged his fist against the desk, his jaw ticking as he pointed at her. “Take it off now,” he growled. Liquid fear bubbled in her stomach as reality dawned on her—the teacher was serious. She didn’t know what he’d do to her if she didn’t comply. But the teacher should have known who her dad was before deciding to single her out like this. He stalked closer, his burning gaze focused on her.

“Maddie, I said take the hat off!”

But she stammered, ready to plead her case. She couldn’t do what the teacher was asking, not today of all days. She was still reeling from the medicine pumping through her body, from the pain that had now become a part of her young life. She had barely made it to school today and didn’t have the energy to take on such a confrontation head-on. Couldn’t the teacher at least hear her case out…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

“Maddie Dunham!” The teacher took a deep breath as he walked to her. Her lips quivered where she sat, her fingers twisting together with them. Pain and fear had melded into one within her, rendering her frozen. The teacher reached her vicinity, anger painted all over him.

“I won’t repeat myself!” he roared. With one swift move, he reached for her cap, yanking it off her head. Gasps filled the atmosphere as the truth was finally revealed. The only thing Maddie could wish for now was for the end to be swift and painless.

But for Maddie, this semester was supposed to be different. The last two years had been agonizing for her, and she’d wished, with everything that she was, that things would improve. For the first time in a long time, she felt like her wish was finally being answered. The pain she’d been suffering through had subsided, and Maddie could finally go back to school. She had no idea what awaited her there, but for her, wearing that hat wasn’t a choice she relished. She’d hoped for something different, something that wouldn’t expose her and her deepest insecurities like this.

Sitting in that chair, she watched as the entire class stared at her—some of them giggling while others were awash with pity. She was finding out how unfair the world was. And to think, it all started with a birthday party.

Maddie’s issue started on her best friend’s birthday two years prior. Everything was going great until a sharp pain struck her chest. Only 11 years old, she didn’t know what was happening. She looked around, wide-eyed, thinking one of her friends had accidentally jammed a knife through her, but everyone was busy with the festivities, unaware of what she was going through. But it would only get worse from there. The second jolt of pain came, this one worse than the first. Maddie yelped, her hands jumping to her chest where the pain originated. The third hit her—a wave of agony that swept from her feet up to her shoulders. She spiraled onto the floor as the pain settled in her brain. She couldn’t explain what was going on, but she knew her life would never be the same.

Maddie woke up to find bright white lights above her. She was lying on bright blue sheets, dressed in a similarly colored gown. Her mom was seated beside her, tears covering her eyes, as a strange man dressed in a white coat spoke to her. They all kept quiet when they realized Maddie was awake. Although Maddie was only 11 years old, she understood the gravity of the situation. She knew her mom to be among the strongest people in the world. Seeing her shed tears like this could only mean something terrible had occurred.

“What’s happening, Mommy?” Maddie asked, and her mother explained everything. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

“You’ll be fine,” she insisted midway through her explanation. “You and I will beat this thing, okay?”

What Maddie had suffered from was an overwhelming spike of pain caused by a disorder known as chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, a disease associated with children. It results in the inflammation of the patient’s bones and is usually accompanied by chronic pain. Hearing her mom explain everything tore Maddie apart because in the woman’s voice, she could hear one thing—failure. Her mother looked at her like she’d already lost her. How bad was this disease? Couldn’t Maddie beat it? She remembered the pain and how bad it was. It had caused her body to shut down, seemingly from shock. Would this be her life now?

She should have known that things would only get worse from here.

The doctor enrolled Maddie in a program to help stabilize her condition. This saw a complete shift in the 11-year-old’s lifestyle. First, she visited the hospital twice weekly, getting shots meant to keep the chronic pain at bay while also mending her bones. Second, the doctor advised her mom to limit her time outside, insisting that Maddie needed her rest. Third, Maddie saw less of her mom since the hospital bills were outstanding, and she needed to take on more shifts at her nursing job to sustain them.

But this was only the beginning.

Maddie had never really been close to her dad. He’d separated from her mom when she was still a baby and would only see her on special days, like her birthday. But now that she was sick, the man dropped by whenever he felt like it. He’d bring her gifts and tell her stories from around the world, seemingly wanting to bond with her. Would Maddie ever forgive him for leaving?

Although Maddie’s dad was trying his best to be in her life, the girl hated that her condition was the only reason he acted this way. Where was he when things were good? Why hadn’t he ever shown the same level of concern? She didn’t even know what he did for a living. Although Maddie didn’t outright tell him to leave, she always spaced out whenever he walked through the front door, wanting to see her. She had no idea that he’d be the one to save her down the road.

Most patients with Maddie’s disorder are usually incurable, but for others, treatment is possible. Often, treatment lasts months or years. Half of the children battling it respond well to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, which help them regain full health. The doctors put Maddie on the needed medication, hoping her body would respond positively. But although this was great news, it came with a terrible side effect that would leave Maddie’s life in shambles…

 

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Guy Fawkes’ punishment was one of the most severe in English history – here’s what happens when a body is hung, drawn and quartered

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Fawkes and his co-conspirators were sentenced to hanging, drawing and quartering. Crispijn van de Passe the Elder/ Wikimedia Commons

After their infamous plot to destroy parliament was foiled, Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators received one of the most severe judicial sentences in English history: hanging, drawing and quartering. According to the Treason Act 1351 , this punishment involved…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

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  • Michelle SpearProfessor of Anatomy, University of Bristol

That you be drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution, where you shall be hanged by the neck and being alive cut down, your privy members shall be cut off and your bowels taken out and burned before you, your head severed from your body and your body divided into four quarters to be disposed of at the King’s pleasure.

This process aimed not only to inflict excruciating pain on the condemned, but to serve as a deterrent – demonstrating the fate of those who betrayed the Crown. While Fawkes reportedly jumped from the gallows – which meant he avoided the full extent of his punishment – his co-conspirators apparently weren’t so lucky.

By dissecting each stage of this medieval punishment from an anatomical perspective, we can understand the profound agony each of them endured.

Torture for confession

Before his public execution on January 31 1606, Fawkes was tortured to force a confession about his involvement in the “gunpowder plot”.

The Tower of London records confirm that King James I personally authorised “the gentler tortures first”. Accounts reveal that Fawkes was stretched on the rack – a device designed to slowly pull the limbs in opposite directions. This stretching inflicted severe trauma on the shoulders, elbows and hips, as well as the spine.

The forces exerted by the rack probably exceeded those required for joint or hip dislocation under normal conditions.

Substantive differences between Fawkes’ signatures on confessions between November 8 and shortly before his execution may indicate the amount of nerve and soft tissue damage sustained. It also illustrates how remarkable his final leap from the gallows was.

An engraving depicting a person being tortured on the rack.
The rack slowly pulled a prisoner’s limbs in opposite directions. Wellcome Collection/ Wikimedia Commons , CC BY-SA

Stage 1: hanging (partial strangulation)

After surviving the torture of the rack, Fawkes and his gang faced the next stage of their punishment: hanging. But this form of hanging only partially strangled the condemned – preserving their consciousness and prolonging their suffering.

Partial strangulation exerts extreme pressure on several critical neck structures. The hyoid bone , a small u-shaped structure above the larynx, is prone to bruising or fracture under compression .

Simultaneously, pressure on the carotid arteries restricts blood flow to the brain, while compression of the jugular veins causes pooling of blood in the head – probably resulting in visible haemorrhages in the eyes and face.

Because the larynx and trachea (both essential for airflow) are partially obstructed, this makes breathing laboured. Strain on the cervical spine and surrounding muscles in the neck can lead to tearing, muscle spasms or dislocation of the vertebra – causing severe pain. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

Fawkes brought his agony to a premature end by leaping from the gallows. Accounts from the time tell us:

His body being weak with the torture and sickness, he was scarce able to go up the ladder – yet with much ado, by the help of the hangman, went high enough to break his neck by the fall.

This probably caused him to suffer a bilateral fracture of his second cervical vertebra, assisted by his own bodyweight – an injury known as the “hangman’s fracture” .

Stage 2: Drawing (disembowelment)

After enduring partial hanging, the victim would then be “drawn” – a process which involved disembowelling them while still alive. This act mainly targeted the organs of the abdominal cavity – including the intestines, liver and kidney, as well as major blood vessels such as the abdominal aorta.

The physiological response to disembowelment would have been immediate and severe. The abdominal cavity possesses a high concentration of pain receptors – particularly around the membranous lining of the abdomen . When punctured, these pain receptors would have sent intense pain signals to the brain, overwhelming the body’s capacity for pain management . Shock would soon follow due to the rapid drop in blood pressure caused by massive amounts of blood loss.

Stage 3: quartering (dismemberment)

Quartering was also supposed to be performed while the victim was still alive. Though no accounts exist detailing at what phase victims typically lost consciousness during execution, it’s highly unlikely many survived the shock of being drawn.

So, at this stage, publicity superseded punishment given the victim’s likely earlier demise. Limbs that were removed from criminals were preserved by boiling them with spices. These were then toured around the country to act as a deterrent for others.

Though accounts suggest Fawkes’s body parts were sent to “the four corners of the United Kingdom”, there is no specific record of what was sent where. However, his head was displayed in London .

Traitor’s punishment

The punishment of hanging, drawing and quartering was designed to be as anatomically devastating as it was psychologically terrifying. Each stage of the process exploited the vulnerabilities of the human body to create maximum pain and suffering, while also serving as a grim reminder of the consequences of treason.

This punishment also gives us an insight into how medieval justice systems used the body as a canvas for social and political messaging. Fawkes’s fate, though unimaginable today, exemplifies the extremes to which the state could, and would, go to maintain control, power and authority over its subjects.

The sentence of hanging, drawing and quartering was officially removed from English law as part of the Forfeiture Act of 1870 .

 

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OPINION: 4 Children Who Were Sentenced to life imprisonment At A Young Age And what They Did

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There are many unusual things happening across the world. Children are charming and lovely, yet others are really dangerous and have been involved in a variety of illegal activities in society.

In this post, we’ll look at four children who were condemned to life in jail Please keep in mind that some of these children are now adults…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

1. Joshua Phillips:

Joshua Phillips stabbed his neighbor’s eight-year-old daughter and put the girl’s body under his bed at home. After eight days, his mother discovered the body.

Joshua Phillips was fourteen years old when he committed this act, according to reports, and he was sentenced to life in jail.

Take a look at how Joshua Phillips is now.

2. Eric Smith:

Eric Smith, according to sources, was condemned to life in jail many years ago. Eric Smith was just 13 years old when he hit a 4-year-old boy with a rock and killed him.

Following multiple conversations with Eric, he stated that he was bullied by several senior kids at his school and that he killed the youngster because he was irritated and upset. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

3. Lionel Tate:

Lionel Tate was one of the youngest people to get a life sentence.

According to sources, when he was 13 years old, Lionel Tate killed his neighbor’s six-year-old daughter.

Lionel Tate claimed he was boxing with the young girl.

4. Brian Lee Draper:

Brian Lee Draper was sentenced to life in prison in 2006 for murdering a classmate, according to reports.

The murder was committed by Brian Lee Draper and his friend Torey Adamcik, who was sixteen years old at the time.

Parents should always endeavor to teach their children how to be good children, as well as pray for them.

 

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Lady Caught Feeding Neighbor’s Baby With Faeces & Urine Speaks From Prison, Gives This Ugly Reason

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A woman named Stella Namwanje was arrested in Uganda for allegedly committing an atrocious act against her neighbor’s baby. Reports indicate that she was caught on video defecating and urinating on the infant before feeding him the waste. This shocking behavior has drawn widespread condemnation and raised serious concerns about the child’s welfare…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

The incident took place in the Binyonyi A area of the Nyendo-Mukungwe division. Local authorities acted swiftly after the disturbing footage circulated on social media, prompting community outrage. The police have since taken Namwanje into custody to investigate the circumstances surrounding her actions and ensure the safety of the child.

The case has sparked discussions about the need for stronger measures to protect vulnerable individuals, especially children, from abuse. It highlights the alarming reality of child torture and the psychological issues that may drive such behavior. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

As the investigation unfolds, the community is rallying to support the affected family and prevent similar incidents in the future. The legal proceedings against Namwanje will likely focus on the extent of her actions and the necessary repercussions for such a heinous crime.

 

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