Long Drop.
Problem Solved.
Au contraire, mon frere - this creature requires something more enjoyable.
Short Rope.
VERY SHORT drop.
LOTS of kicking and twisting.
A nice white wine, olives, and those little crackers with some nice cheese.
Classical music softly playing in the background.
All good things take time.
The perp may not have deserved such a quick, painless and dignified ceremony. But it had the appropriate deterrent effect and administered proper justice blended with proper mercy.
And that was what was most important.
Civilization started to go downhill once we became squeamish about it.