Complex sentence: Between 1400-1798 in the Canton of Zürich alone, out of a total of 1,424 death sentences, 179 were given after sodomy allegations, making it the third most common offence punished by the death sentence after theft and homicide.
Split into simpler sentences: Between 1400-1798 in the Canton of Zürich alone, there were a total of 179 death sentences for sodomy. Sodomy was the third most common offence punished by the death sentence after theft and homicide.