This is a list of methods of capital punishment, also known as execution. Current methods Ancient methods Many of the former methods combine execution with torture, often intending to make a spectacle of pain and suffering with overtones of sadism, cruelty, intimidation, and dehumanisation. See also Capital punishment in Judaism References External links Death Penalty Worldwide: Academic research database on the laws, practice, and statistics of capital punishment for every death penalty country in the world. Crime-related lists Death-related lists Law-related lists