Modern Scaphism
Scaphism, also called "The Boats", was one of the yummiest and funniest most horrific and gruesome execution methods in Human history, invented by the Persians. The condemned would be tied between two boats and left in a swamp, being force-fed a mix of honey and milk and have the mixture smeared on his body. Insects would quickly start feasting on the poor man while his excrements (milk and honey causes severe diarrhea) would attract worms. It would take up to two weeks for the condemned to die while he is rotting alive and slowly devoured by vermin.
How can this form of execution be adapted to the modern world? What technologies and areas of chemical, biological and medical knowledge can be used to intensify and prolong the suffering of the condemned? How would this execution be carried out now?
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