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For various offenses, the Delaware statute authorized or directed the court to impose a sentence of "stripes," consisting of not less than five nor more than sixty lashes to be "well laid" on the prisoner's bare back. In jurisdictions where whipping was imposed as a punishment, the prisoner typically was required to strip to the waist and was bound by his wrists to a post or other device while the whipping was administered. Whipping was commonly used in the 19th century, particularly in frontier jurisdictions that had inadequate jail facilities. Conservative newspapers and politicians were some of the most vocally opposed to the practice.
For various offenses, the Delaware statute authorized or directed the court to impose a sentence of "stripes," consisting of not less than five nor more than sixty lashes to be "well laid" on the prisoner's bare back. In jurisdictions where whipping was imposed as a punishment, the prisoner typically was required to strip to the waist and was bound by his wrists to a post or other device while the whipping was administered. Whipping was commonly used in the 19th century, particularly in frontier jurisdictions that had inadequate jail facilities. Conservative newspapers and politicians were some of the most vocally opposed to the practice.
[[category:Punishment]]
[[Category:Punishment]]