Pt 1 Charles Campbell execution by hanging King 5 live news coverage

[TheScrawnyboy]

24 carat scumbag coward,hope he's dancing with the Devil..............and don't get me started on the bleeding heart liberal brigade

[tangodrink]

WALLA WALLA!!! thats a wierd name for a prizon lol

[hardman476]

how do you get tickets to watch an excaution in the states, I'm esp interested in seeint an excaution of a metal retard or a girl??

[MatthewBuick]

@hardman476  That's sick!

[wardenphil]

I heard that the gallows used for the Nuremburg Hangings did not have a device to hold the trap door in the open position. Therefore, each condemned got hit in the head on the way down (most of the bodies did have facial lacerations). Given their horrendous crimes, I think this was fitting.

[Xilosmien]

@wardenphil The gallows at Nuremberg was constructed to Home Office specifications, otherwise Albert Pierrepoint would have refused to execute the prisoners. It featured a weight on a rope under the trapdoor to stop it swinging back.

[wardenphil]

@Xilosmien Albert Pierrepoint didn't perform the first Nuremburg executions - a US Army Sergeant (Sergeant Wood) did. In my opinion, Wood was badly maligned for this event - the condemned ended up dead....what else did they want?

[lewisb187]

@wardenphil well the british government wanted to appear "firm but fair" when dealing with the nazi war criminals.

out of interest has anyone seen the pics of the japanese gallows? it has a very different vibe to what us use or the uk used to use. 

[wardenphil]

@lewisb187 The British Government may have wanted to appear "firm but fair", but I have less inhibitions on this matter. As far as I am concerned, I would have just had Sergeant Wood just build a bigger gallows, to compensate for the fact it was taking them a little longer to die.