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Is the manner of execution still hanging?

15 posted on 07/28/2008 7:02:55 PM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick

To: Arkansas Toothpick

I actually have a copy of the Air Force Regulation that prescribes the procedure for erecting a gallows...far as I know, it’s never been superseded.

Colonel, USAFR

24 posted on 07/28/2008 7:36:08 PM PDT by jagusafr ("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)

To: Arkansas Toothpick

"Is the manner of execution still hanging? "

The method has been settled for quite some time.

29 posted on 07/28/2008 8:09:36 PM PDT by An Old Man ("The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they suppress." Douglas)

To: Arkansas Toothpick

I wondered if they still hung people too.

found this on wiki:

Military executions would be conducted under regulations issued on 17 January 2006, and would ordinarily take place at the Special Housing Unit of the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, although alternative locations are possible. Under these regulations, the only authorized method of execution would be lethal injection. There are currently nine inmates confined at the Special Housing Unit, all of whom have been convicted of premeditated murder or felony murder.

Until 1961 (last military execution to date), hanging was a sole and official method. Later military introduced electric chair, which was never used. Currently lethal injection is the sole method.

36 posted on 07/28/2008 9:07:55 PM PDT by Ramzi Al Kaboom ("An opinion can be argued with...a conviction is best shot"..T. E. Lawrence)

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