Wade Russell

Three Days of Pain – Chapter 9

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Wade’s sentence included a severe lashing with a single-tail whip prior to crucifixion. Most prisoners receive no more than 25 lashes, at the most 39, the legal limit. Wade – because of his youth and beauty – receives 81 lashes. The front and back of his lean, smooth body, from his collar bone to his pubes and from his shoulders to his ass, are covered with red lash marks. Many of the wounds are unusually wide – resulting from two or three blows to the same spot. The 18-year-old athlete sobs in agony as he is whipped an unprecedented 81 times, then left hanging limp by his wrists, his naked body glistening with sweat. But his ordeal is far from over. He will now be crucified.