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To: Az Joe
Sometimes the old ways are the best ways.

The operator of the garotte slowly turns the handle as the prisoner is strangled to death. Pictured is a 1901 execution at the Bilibid Prison, Manila, Philippines.

9 posted on 07/21/2025 2:06:11 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

I’ve never seen anything like that before. Pulling a handle for electrocution or for a hanging, a firing squad where yours nigh my be the intentional blank round are one thing, but actually applying the garrote. Wow


10 posted on 07/21/2025 2:09:03 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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