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.
NY Times reporting “He appeared to have tied a bedsheet to the top of a set of bunk beds, then knelt toward the floor with enough force that he broke several bones in his neck, officials said.”
Is that possible? Without a running, jumping or falling start, how did he get enough force behind him to break multiple bones?
I think it was Sadam’s brother whose head popped off.
Yep, the physics are just not there with this situation. It would take two guys pulling on his legs to help break a neck in this cell environment.