[polymuser]

Public hanging by the neck until dead, downtown on Saturdays at noon, and on the internet, with their names. Preceded by canings for lower crimes, and may stocks, too.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Dick Hickock, one of the killers in “In Cold Blood” lived for nearly a half hour after being executed by the hangman. His partner, Perry Smith, died within minutes.

[Red Badger]

The last public execution in Florida was in Crestview, our county seat, on the courthouse grounds. According to newspaper reports of the time, there were family picnics with baskets and food vendors. Children were much in attendance..............