hi! not discouraging direct responses to your questions, but you may find these related posts of interest
During medieval times public torture and execution was commonplace, how did this effect the general population, did they become desensitized to gruesome death?
Why did we used to be so fine with such brutal and public executions?
Were public executions as popular as they seem in movies?
What was the public's consensus on the effectiveness of Medieval torture methods to extract information. Wouldn't it have been obvious that people are giving in to false confessions in order to stop the pain. Were there any outspoken critics of torture?
Why were public executions so common in ancient times, and why did they eventually go out of fashion?