Alan Miller to go to death in September as state rejects warnings that gas-mask method represents cruel and unusual punishment
  • The Pantser@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    If you survive one execution I don’t think they should be allowed a do over, let him live in his cell, he earned it.

    • Glowstick@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I’ve heard (don’t know if it’s true) that in the old days if you survived a hanging then you were allowed to live

      • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I’d always heard the sentence ‘hung by the neck until dead’ was taken literally: If you survived the drop, you’re just gonna be hanging there longer. The result is the same.

          • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
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            6 months ago

            I reject your pedantry, you’ve learnt a different localized lexicon and your defence of the specifics of the English language ain’t gonna hold up.