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.
The law/sentence was actually changed after a Scottish woman survived being hanged resulting in this specific wording. There was a time when people did survive and were freed.
I think there was a case somewhere that the prisoner was sentenced to death, and was executed ina fashion that didn’t quite work.
But technically he did die for a minute or two before his heart restarted, and he sued to be released from prison because he technically served his sentence.
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.
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
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.
I’m gonna be pedantic for a second, hanged* not “hung”
“… and they was right!”
Could be both
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The law/sentence was actually changed after a Scottish woman survived being hanged resulting in this specific wording. There was a time when people did survive and were freed.
I think that rule applied to the guillotine. If the blade stopped on the way down it was considered an act of god or some such.
I think there was a case somewhere that the prisoner was sentenced to death, and was executed ina fashion that didn’t quite work.
But technically he did die for a minute or two before his heart restarted, and he sued to be released from prison because he technically served his sentence.
I think ‘technically’ you didn’t die if your heart stops for a couple of minutes and then restarts.
I agree. You get one try to execute, you fail? To bad.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslao_Moguel