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Ew. Yuck.
We are not Muslims here, at least not yet. I object to disgusting violent executions because I just think we should get the job done and get the bad guy out of the way as efficiently as possible. Only barbarians throw guts around and make a bloody spectacle out of it. I’m convinced that it’s a better deterrent to put the condemned up against a wall and shoot him quickly than to turn the execution into a party the way the Europeans did.
More recent was the case of Saddam's half-brother and intelligence chief, Barzan Ibrahim, the five of clubs on the wanted card deck, who became two quarter-brothers as a result of a botched hanging.
Your old illustration isn't far off, as the photographic evidence shows (dare you to click).