A lot of people here seem to be forgetting that people who are executed in America are horrible murderers! Most murderers don't even get the death penalty... only the the really gruesome ones.In my experience, contrary to what you might think, Americans are very compassionate people. Anyone who gets the death penalty there probably deserves it 10 times over.
@maganaonline Tell that to Edward Earl Johnson ... oh actually you can't because you brutally put him to death in the gas chamber in 1987. It took him 12 minutes to die and it would have been an ugly and painful death. He was innocent by the way ... check the facts. I love the USA but the death penalty is a wicked evil that has no place in a modern civilised society.
@maganaonline Tell that to Edward Earl Johnson ... oh actually you can't because you brutally put him to death in the gas chamber in 1987. It took him 12 minutes to die and it would have been an ugly and painful death. He was innocent by the way ... check the facts. I love the USA but the death penalty is a wicked evil that has no place in a modern civilised society.
My previous remark aside, there is no "easy" way to execute someone that will not involve stress on those involved. Electrocution is violent and when not done properly very greusome and barbaric. Gassing is highly stressful to the condemned because you expect them to take part in their own death. And, it is undoubtedly painful. Lethal injection would be more effective if it was administered as a super lethal dose of sodium penathol rather than a 3 drug cocktail that leaves room for error.
@Madams1977 I do not have compassion for someone who commits a brutal and heinous murder, they DO deserve to suffer. However, someone who commits murder in a split second act of passion or without actually being the one who pulls the trigger and still ends up on death row (and this DOES happen) do not deserve to suffer. Then of course is the possibilty of someone actually being innocent. Do they not deserve as quick and painless exit as is possible?
I am so sick of people bashing the US over capital punishment. It is only one facet of our society, not a representaion of it as a whole. In fact, we allow states to decide whether or not to implement the death penalty individually. We are a free society in which people can either support or oppose certain points of view. Go and kick a soccer ball you ignorant elitist morons. Oh, and the next time your country gets hit by a tsunami or earthquake you can SUCK OUR DICK!
@Madams1977: Excuse me, but you can't judge how barbaric other nations are when you use such barbaric methods to deal with crime-and make no mistake, all of these methods are just heinous. Calling somebody opposed to the death penalty an ' ignorant elitist moron' only shows how ignorant and moronic the other person saying the insult is.
@Neville6000 I didn't judge the barbarism of any other nation. AND I didn't make a judgment of people who are against the death penalty, in fact I myself am against it. You pulled those statements out of thin air. What I commented on was people from other nations judging the U.S. as a whole simply based on one facet of our society. Also, please come up with a better response than "Nuh uh, you are!". Read, think, then write.
@Madams1977: Excuse me, but it was YOU acting childish with the comment, 'Oh, and the next time your country gets hit by a tsunami or earthquake you can SUCK OUR DICK!'-not I. I was just responding to you-no "Nuh uh, you are!" implied. That response was more indicative of you and most Americans than anything I ever said. Also, I don't call having warrentless wiretapping, Posse Comitaus, the suspension of habeas corpus, airport searches, and the treatment of protesters in Wisconsin 'freedom'.
@Neville6000 Again, some idiot who doesn't know the real America just regurgitates what he hears from his local propaganda fountain. It must be wonderful to live in bliss where people tell you what to think.
@Neville6000 And are you seriously quoting something that happened in this country over 150 years ago? Wow... however, in light of the recent tragedy in Japan I will retract my statement about natural disasters. Then again, Japan can take care of itself while most other nations could not. My faith in humanity was partially restored when I heard there is next to zero looting going on.
@mikelheron20 what about what the people who are executed were willing to do? Was that civilized? The bottom line is, people who murder know that they are forfeiting their lives, if they do it anyway, they have no claim to anything but justice.
@apologeticsman what is meant is this: yes the murderers are evil, but we are not better than them for doing this. In fact it only highlights your sadism, asshole
Can you make a remix of the Waddingham execution scene from the Pierrepoint ,so called, "Last" executioner film" The utube downloads are on separate parts which loses the continuity of Dorothea's downfall and its aftermath.
Contrary to common belief, the gas chamber is a gruesome way to die. The condemned does not simply fall off to sleep. The condemned is slowly suffocated and experiences a great deal of pain that is often drawn out. While the condemned is "coached" to take deep breaths, which in principle would hasten the lost of consciousness, the survival instinct usually prevails. I believe it was a salesman from a cyanide company that persuaded Nevada to use his product rather than a more humane gas.
The placement of the leg restraints is the LEAST demeaning and indignity here. The gas generators, essentially a container of dilute sulfuric acid in which the solid cyanide pellets fall, are located directly below the perforated seats. The idea is for the HCN vapor to rise directly out of the gas generator, through the perforations in the seat of the chair, and striking to condemned's mouth and nose. The legs are seperated as much as they are to allow this to happen.
You know, I do give her a nod for saying what she said to the guard about "How would you know?". That was a stupid thing to tell a condemned person who's about to go to the gas chamber. What do they tell someone in the electric chair? "Think like a light bulb"? It's not easy no matter what. A person who has any foreknowledge of their impending death, even a condemned prisoner, should just be left to their own thoughts.
It makes sense what he's saying. The gas they use is a kind of cyanide gas. By taking deeper breaths it would kill the person faster than if they try to hold their breath. The guard could just be trying to help it be quicker on her.
For what it's worth, the real Barbara Graham asked to wear a sleeping mask to cover her eyes when she entered the gas chamber the last time. A last minute stay an hour earlier occurred as she was entering the chamber. This was correctly portrayed in the 1958 film with Susan Hayward.
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dsclark57 1 month ago
A lot of people here seem to be forgetting that people who are executed in America are horrible murderers! Most murderers don't even get the death penalty... only the the really gruesome ones.In my experience, contrary to what you might think, Americans are very compassionate people. Anyone who gets the death penalty there probably deserves it 10 times over.
maganaonline 9 months ago
@maganaonline Tell that to Edward Earl Johnson ... oh actually you can't because you brutally put him to death in the gas chamber in 1987. It took him 12 minutes to die and it would have been an ugly and painful death. He was innocent by the way ... check the facts. I love the USA but the death penalty is a wicked evil that has no place in a modern civilised society.
DocMagister 8 months ago
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@maganaonline Tell that to Edward Earl Johnson ... oh actually you can't because you brutally put him to death in the gas chamber in 1987. It took him 12 minutes to die and it would have been an ugly and painful death. He was innocent by the way ... check the facts. I love the USA but the death penalty is a wicked evil that has no place in a modern civilised society.
DocMagister 8 months ago
sexist and murder
VampiresBiteHard666 9 months ago
...and this version is the sanitised one. watch '14 days in May' on youtube.
itkapatanka 11 months ago
My previous remark aside, there is no "easy" way to execute someone that will not involve stress on those involved. Electrocution is violent and when not done properly very greusome and barbaric. Gassing is highly stressful to the condemned because you expect them to take part in their own death. And, it is undoubtedly painful. Lethal injection would be more effective if it was administered as a super lethal dose of sodium penathol rather than a 3 drug cocktail that leaves room for error.
Madams1977 1 year ago
@Madams1977 I do not have compassion for someone who commits a brutal and heinous murder, they DO deserve to suffer. However, someone who commits murder in a split second act of passion or without actually being the one who pulls the trigger and still ends up on death row (and this DOES happen) do not deserve to suffer. Then of course is the possibilty of someone actually being innocent. Do they not deserve as quick and painless exit as is possible?
Madams1977 1 year ago
I am so sick of people bashing the US over capital punishment. It is only one facet of our society, not a representaion of it as a whole. In fact, we allow states to decide whether or not to implement the death penalty individually. We are a free society in which people can either support or oppose certain points of view. Go and kick a soccer ball you ignorant elitist morons. Oh, and the next time your country gets hit by a tsunami or earthquake you can SUCK OUR DICK!
Madams1977 1 year ago
@Madams1977 Well said
crissy214 11 months ago
@crissy214 Thanks. I got a bit animated that day huh? Wow.. 5 months ago, must have been during last semesters mid-terms, hehe.
Madams1977 11 months ago
@Madams1977: Excuse me, but you can't judge how barbaric other nations are when you use such barbaric methods to deal with crime-and make no mistake, all of these methods are just heinous. Calling somebody opposed to the death penalty an ' ignorant elitist moron' only shows how ignorant and moronic the other person saying the insult is.
Neville6000 11 months ago
@Neville6000 I didn't judge the barbarism of any other nation. AND I didn't make a judgment of people who are against the death penalty, in fact I myself am against it. You pulled those statements out of thin air. What I commented on was people from other nations judging the U.S. as a whole simply based on one facet of our society. Also, please come up with a better response than "Nuh uh, you are!". Read, think, then write.
Madams1977 11 months ago
@Madams1977: Excuse me, but it was YOU acting childish with the comment, 'Oh, and the next time your country gets hit by a tsunami or earthquake you can SUCK OUR DICK!'-not I. I was just responding to you-no "Nuh uh, you are!" implied. That response was more indicative of you and most Americans than anything I ever said. Also, I don't call having warrentless wiretapping, Posse Comitaus, the suspension of habeas corpus, airport searches, and the treatment of protesters in Wisconsin 'freedom'.
Neville6000 11 months ago
@Neville6000 Again, some idiot who doesn't know the real America just regurgitates what he hears from his local propaganda fountain. It must be wonderful to live in bliss where people tell you what to think.
Madams1977 11 months ago
@Madams1977: Much like how Faux Noise and Corporate News Network tell you to think, most likely.
Neville6000 11 months ago
@Neville6000 And so in response you come back with things you heard on the radio.. I rest my case.
Madams1977 11 months ago
@Neville6000 And are you seriously quoting something that happened in this country over 150 years ago? Wow... however, in light of the recent tragedy in Japan I will retract my statement about natural disasters. Then again, Japan can take care of itself while most other nations could not. My faith in humanity was partially restored when I heard there is next to zero looting going on.
Madams1977 11 months ago
A country that is prepared to do this to a human being is outside the community of civilised nations.
mikelheron20 1 year ago 4
@mikelheron20 what about what the people who are executed were willing to do? Was that civilized? The bottom line is, people who murder know that they are forfeiting their lives, if they do it anyway, they have no claim to anything but justice.
apologeticsman 5 months ago
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@apologeticsman what is meant is this: yes the murderers are evil, but we are not better than them for doing this. In fact it only highlights your sadism, asshole
dsclark57 1 month ago
thats Sad ...only God takes the life of someone ....no one else .... Praise God ..
Bravo1967able 1 year ago
Can you make a remix of the Waddingham execution scene from the Pierrepoint ,so called, "Last" executioner film" The utube downloads are on separate parts which loses the continuity of Dorothea's downfall and its aftermath.
deivette 1 year ago
oh why did they have to execute her,its not fair!...someone should have saved her!
heston99 2 years ago
wtf is it with the slow motion?
HoribiFuckis 2 years ago
I am a big fan of Lindsay Wagner and think she is very attractive. However, that hairdo does her a great disservice.
MichaelJGrant 2 years ago
@MichaelJGrant I would prefer the one called "The Bionic Woman" in which she also played in.
DavBlc7 1 year ago
@MichaelJGrant : It's a beautiful hairdo, and it was the 1950's.
Neville6000 11 months ago 2
Contrary to common belief, the gas chamber is a gruesome way to die. The condemned does not simply fall off to sleep. The condemned is slowly suffocated and experiences a great deal of pain that is often drawn out. While the condemned is "coached" to take deep breaths, which in principle would hasten the lost of consciousness, the survival instinct usually prevails. I believe it was a salesman from a cyanide company that persuaded Nevada to use his product rather than a more humane gas.
MichaelJGrant 2 years ago
The placement of the leg restraints is the LEAST demeaning and indignity here. The gas generators, essentially a container of dilute sulfuric acid in which the solid cyanide pellets fall, are located directly below the perforated seats. The idea is for the HCN vapor to rise directly out of the gas generator, through the perforations in the seat of the chair, and striking to condemned's mouth and nose. The legs are seperated as much as they are to allow this to happen.
MichaelJGrant 2 years ago
she is amazing. why do they have to demean a woman at the end by strapping her legs apart though. its just not right
PatACake4eva 2 years ago
Well Barbara Graham demeaned a woman by murdering her. You can't see her stocking tops or underwear so her dignity was not entirely compromised.
She probably had an easier death than her victim, if the jury was right.
deivette 2 years ago
I have seen the oringal 1958 version,but this one would be nice to see too.
robby19921 2 years ago
You know, I do give her a nod for saying what she said to the guard about "How would you know?". That was a stupid thing to tell a condemned person who's about to go to the gas chamber. What do they tell someone in the electric chair? "Think like a light bulb"? It's not easy no matter what. A person who has any foreknowledge of their impending death, even a condemned prisoner, should just be left to their own thoughts.
Madams1977 2 years ago
It makes sense what he's saying. The gas they use is a kind of cyanide gas. By taking deeper breaths it would kill the person faster than if they try to hold their breath. The guard could just be trying to help it be quicker on her.
darkyoda 2 years ago
I am uber right wing but you are right, it amounts to saying: "now be a good girl and help us kill you quick".
badflamenco 2 years ago
For what it's worth, the real Barbara Graham asked to wear a sleeping mask to cover her eyes when she entered the gas chamber the last time. A last minute stay an hour earlier occurred as she was entering the chamber. This was correctly portrayed in the 1958 film with Susan Hayward.
nicspic 2 years ago
I have wondered about this.According to the Hayward version she did.But was this Hollywood just being Hollywood?
What is the source of your info? Look forward to your comment. Thanks.
deivette 2 years ago
This should be out on DVD along with so much of her work. Great Actress.
CharleyK4 3 years ago
I'm a huge fan of the little lady .. my site is dedicated to her Bionic Woman show .. this was awesome to watch .. thanks so much for posting!
Maxamillion2010 3 years ago