[43north]

Whatever happened to hanging by the neck until dead?

IN PUBLIC! I’ll donate the lumber for the gallows.

[jonascord]

A proper hanging takes practice, and we are too awash in guilt about the whole capital punishment meme for good hangmen to practice. Too short a drop and they dance, strangling, too far and the head pops off. On Youtube, watch "The Last Hangman" about Albert Pierrepoint, who scored 435.

The Russians have long since made shooting quick and easy. The condemned is led through a series of doors to the shower, and one time Someone steps in behind and pops a bullet into the back of his head. Fast, clean, cheap.

My thought is, if you aren't going to do it right, don't do it at all.