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To: Carl Vehse

The lawyers would argue that once used for a hanging, the rope is weakened to the point where it could fail in subsequent lynchings resulting in prolonged suffering. A boon for rope manufacturers, an added expense for governments.


43 posted on 05/03/2017 10:07:02 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: VietVet876
"The lawyers would argue that once used for a hanging, the rope is weakened to the point where it could fail in subsequent lynchings"

Scientists could use the lawyers to test that hypothesis. Either way it would be a win-win for the U.S. ;-)

44 posted on 05/03/2017 10:18:24 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: VietVet876

I recall a TV documentary years ago that included the Russian method of execution. They had the condemned bow his head and stick it out of an opening in the cell door. Then a guard shot them in the back of the head with a pistol. Hit in the reptile brain, they died instantly and didn’t even twitch.


47 posted on 05/03/2017 10:23:27 AM PDT by myerson
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To: VietVet876

IIRC, hangings were always carried out using brand new rope.

See Twilight Zone episode “Dust” for a dramatization.


49 posted on 05/03/2017 10:32:19 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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