Hi Everybody! Got it right with Saddie but blew it for his brother?
http://thespincycle.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_thespincycle_archive.html "By the 1860's the principles of the Enlightenment had long informed the basis of civil society and a string of dreadful executions had stained practice of English justice. The hangman of the day (who by convention is not named) introduced a new method which promised an "instant and humane death" for those who were sentenced to the Extreme Sanction. The mechanics of this method were outlined in the Schedule of Hangman's Weights and Measures, a copy of which is not reproduced here for fear that the foolish may take advantage of it. Rest assured that a copy is in the possession of your diligent correspondent. "The fiendish secret of the long drop method was the calculation, by exact formula, of the weight of the condemned against the depth of the drop he or she had to fall to bring around 1000 pounds of force against the cervical spine, the idea being that this would cause the odontoid process to breach the relevant section of the spinal cord producing a clean and quick death. Paralysis and unconsciousness was instant and, after one hour on the rope, the miscreant would assuredly be dead." (End of quote) So today in the news one of the condemned convicts was decapitated. Too long a drop for his body weight? -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
