# Crucifixion still done? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 11, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crucifixion-still-done/103091 "2002-04-11T20:05:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Richard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Richard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crucifixion-still-done/103091/1 "2002-04-11T20:05:39Z")
I have heard several times that some Muslim countries have laws that specify crucifixion as punishment for some crimes (mainly things like apostasy, blasphemy, etc.), but I have never heard of this punishment actually being applied in modern times. I believe that such laws do exist, but I suspect that they are basically for scare, and are not actually used. Does anyone know if there are countries with such laws, and have they actually carried out any crucifixions? ---
**Author:** ![Milton\_De\_La\_Warre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Milton\_De\_La\_Warre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milton_De_La_Warre)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crucifixion-still-done/103091/2 "2002-04-11T20:09:17Z")
I don’t think any countries have it on the books as that specific method of execution, but I do believe that it has been carried out that way on occasion in the Sudan. This also may have been the subject of a post about 6 months or a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crucifixion-still-done/103091/3 "2002-04-11T22:58:18Z")
Are the Penitentes of New Mexico still crucifying each other? Extremist Catholics. There’s a group in the Philippines that still does that. Saw them on TV. What is it about the Spanish version of Catholicism that drives these _hombres_ around the bend?