[Freelance Warrior]

A short drop with a sudden stop works well too!

You must have meant the long drop which fractures a condemned's neck.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Not always.
You could ask Dick Hickock.

[boilerfan]

Either way works for me.

I have no problem with the condemned having to hang there for a while to contemplate their demise.

If done in public maybe some other poor soul will think twice about doing the same thing.