Flogging is the infliction of stripes or blows with a whip, lash, or scourge, especially as a judicial punishment. In Britain flogging existed for a long time as a punishment in the army and navy; but it was totally abolished in the army in 1881, and in the navy it was abolished in 1906. It was made a punishment for certain violent crimes, such as garroting, in 1863; and for juvenile offenders in 1847 and 1850, before later being abolished in English law. The punishment of the knout in Russia and of the bastinado in the East are severe forms of this punishment. Research Flogging
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