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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Pretty sure that back when they hanged people that if the criminal’s neck didn’t break, they would let him choke to death. That obviously didn’t seem unconstitutional to the Founders.


14 posted on 07/16/2014 6:46:58 PM PDT by Politicalkiddo (The more helpless the victim, the more hideous the assault.)
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To: Politicalkiddo

Actually strangulation by hanging was the only way used until 1866 when calculating rope length by weight was introduced to break necks instead.


21 posted on 07/17/2014 2:10:50 AM PDT by Raymann
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