Torture was used a lot in shakespear`s time. Poor people tryed from stealing from the king to trying to assassinate the King. Torturing was done by a couple of differnet devices like the Iron Madden, Axes, the pear, and others. The iron was torturing but also death it a casket like with spikes all around in the inside. The axe was used to cut off peoples head or body parts. The pear was put in to someone month other other private parts and then screwed and made the other end open like a flower.

I do think capital and corporal punishment does work. it works because the person realizes that they dont wanna go through that punishment again. And torturing can most of the time work. Some the rest of the army or terrorist group we get scared. But there a chance that it doesnt phase them and they get angry and attack more. so punishment can go either way.