🚀 go-pugleaf

josh@Happy-Man.com (Joshua_Putnam) writes:

>In <1993Jan5.060212.11129@tessi.com> allen@tessi.com (Allen Warren) writes:

>>I find it
>>ironic how the State will perform the execution in a manner in which
>>Dodd himself killed his victims:  by hanging.  

>Actually, from what I've read he strangled them. 

You're right.

>Back when hanging was much more common, experienced executioners 
>compiled tables of how far a person should be dropped based on 
>height, weight, and/or build.  I seem to recall reading that 
>Washington uses an old military manual for this.  They seem to
>have done it right this time, at least, but if they start doing
>it a lot, eventual screwups are inevitable.

I heard on NPR while driving in this morning that Washington
did have to consult a WWII Army manual on how to properly hang
someone.  According to a newspaper report I read yesterday
(I'm *fairly* certain it was yesterday) in the Oregonian, the
plan is/was to have the noose just behind the left ear.  When
the floor is dropped, the correct operation would immediately
snap a vertebrae and render instantaneous death.

allen