[freerepublic_or_die]

Someone ought to remind Chemical Ali that the less he weighs the longer he is going to drop. One way or the other, the hangman will not be cheated.

Quite true. The hangmen at the Nuremburg Trials failed to account for the weight the Nazis lost in calculating the necessary counterweight, the result of which had them die slower and more agonizingly. Poor fellows.

[Dave Elias]

“Quite true. The hangmen at the Nuremburg Trials failed to account for the weight the Nazis lost in calculating the necessary counterweight, the result of which had them die slower and more agonizingly. Poor fellows.”

That is the official version of events true. However it is highly unlikely it really was an oversight.