<P> It has been reported that crucifixion was used in several cases against the German civil population of East Prussia when it was occupied by Soviet forces at the end of the Second World War . </P> <P> Crucifixion is still used as a rare method of execution in some countries . The punishment of crucifixion (șalb) imposed in Islamic law is variously interpreted as exposure of the body after execution, crucifixion followed by stabbing in the chest, or crucifixion for three days, survivors of which are allowed to live . </P> <P> Several people have been executed by crucifixion in Saudi Arabia in the 2000s, although on occasion they were first beheaded and then crucified . Most recently, in March 2013, a robber was set to be executed by being crucified for three days . However, the method was changed . </P> <P> Ali Mohammed Baqir al - Nimr was arrested in 2012 when he was 17 years old for taking part in an anti-government protests in Saudi Arabia during the Arab Spring . In May 2014, Ali al - Nimr was sentenced to be publicly beheaded and crucified . </P>

Who was the last person to be crucified