“Reports coming from some sections of Sussex County,” the Milford Chronicle noted on March 4, 1932, “say that chicken thieves are again plying their infamous trade. "Some farmers have lost nearly ...

Delaware was the last state to abolish the use of the whipping post as a form of legal punishment in 1972. Now the final remaining post on public display will be removed. The whipping post in ...

For so long, a whipping post on display in Georgetown was a bare representation of barbarity and cruelty, especially for Black people. Now, as part of the Equal Justice Initiative’s Freedom Monument ...

LETTER | Whipping for the commission of serious offences has been viewed by the human rights activist as inhumane and cruel to the extent that many countries have abolished whipping as a punishment ...