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Article #991Short Fall (was Re: More about Wes)
From: Ron Wanttaja
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 02:34
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 02:34
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In article <4152@master.CNA.TEK.COM> mikeq@freddy.CNA.TEK.COM writes:
>>According to the autopsy report, Dodd died of strangulation (slow) rather than
>>by his spine being snapped (quick).
Sounds like the rope was too short. I seem to recall they dropped him
about 7 1/2 feet. I don't know how heavy he was, but that probably wasn't
far enough. He looked like a little dude... call it 150-160 pounds or so.
Barry's _The Business Side of Hanging_ (a *must* for every conservative's
library :-) ) calls for a drop of 8 feet ten inches for a 161-pound person.
An even 9 feet for a 154-pounder. Be interested to see how the Army
manual used by the DOC differs.
And in case anyone hasn't figured it out yet, the "abdominal motions"
reported by the witnesses were probably his bowels and bladder voiding. My
wife used to work for a vet, and she saw the same types of motions when
they put animals to sleep.
Ron Wanttaja
prang@plato.ds.boeing.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!fluke!plato!prang From: prang@plato.ds.boeing.com (Ron Wanttaja) Newsgroups: pnw.general Subject: Short Fall (was Re: More about Wes) Message-ID: <C0KF5M.Kq0@plato.ds.boeing.com> Date: 9 Jan 93 02:34:33 GMT Article-I.D.: plato.C0KF5M.Kq0 References: <4152@master.CNA.TEK.COM> <1iir81INNlcg@sumax.seattleu.edu> Organization: Boeing Defense & Space Group Lines: 19