Let Him Dangle

1991...

He's not decapitated, but very close to it. The British drop tables, and the departures the executioners made from them, brought the fracture dislocation dangerously close to decapitation.

Ten or so interred bodies of hanged murderers were exhumed in the 1990s as part of an unrelated study, and the pathologist who examined what little was left came to the above conclusion.

Doesn't it sound terrible when you talk about it like this? They try to say we used that method because it was "the most humane" but it's not very really is it?! At least with a lethal injection they just fall asleep, if it works and they don't mess up the doses or the criminal doesn't turn out to be allergic to one of the drugs they are using I can't believe people actually call for bringing back long drop hanging, if more people knew exactly how horrible it was I bet they wouldn't.

Nancy: I would argue that if more people, including you, knew exactly how horrible the true reality of Lethal Injection is then you wouldn't even mention it. Lethal Injection is a horrific, drawn-out, inhumane spectacle that masquerades as a medical operation, making it all that more disgusting. At the end of the day, you are executing a criminal, and you can't disguse the ugliness of it. British hanging was efficient, terrifyingly-so, but it's better than waiting 40 mins on a gurney in Florida.

it has to stop, Be fair todfay

doing this in drama, i love the song its so catchy even if its about something so terrible. great vid :) cant believe derek got hung for saying let him have it and chris got ten years for murder cuz he was underaged, so not fair

ftw i watched it in history wid r teacher

we watched this in english the series and someone saw your vid so we put it on its pretty good

Thanks for putting this vid up, we watched it in my R.E lesson this morning, and i thought it was great.:)

No, correctly measured long drop hanging just snaps the neck and spinal cord causing instant death not decapitation.