Jailhouse hangings are almost all strangulation.
Only professional hangmen have the expertise to properly break the neck when the body drops and the rope stops momentum.
Only professional hangmen have the expertise to properly break the neck when the body drops and the rope stops momentum.
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IIRC, Saddam Hussein’s head popped off.
Sounds bad but it’s better for the executed than strangulation.
... and the pros have the advantage of a long drop.
The hangman would weigh and measure the condemned.
the length and drop of the condemned was calculated to break the neck instantly.
Some formulas were better than others.
Epstein didn’t dance at the end of a rope.
the break was quick.
There is no way someone can drop from the necessary height in a jail cell to break ones neck.