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Oooo!!! Can we hang them over Main street in a Gibbet cage for a few weeks afterwards as an example???
Seriously? People go on an on about public beheadings with hundreds viewing in the ME and what backwards savages they must be, but here you are, thinking what a spectacle it would be. Big ratings! Food trucks! Pony rides! Fun for the whole family!
Let's face it, the needle is pretty boring. Hangings would be a bit more entertaining.
Judicial hanging done right is much faster than lethal injection. As in, less than 15 seconds from the hangman entering the condemned cell until death. Look up the UK's most famous hangman, Albert Pierrepoint, if you're so inclined.
Of course, he would have considered the idea of executions as spectacle quite repulsive. As do I, incidentally.
I saw a photo of the last public execution and it was well attended. Hell, food carts could have cleaned up. So it got me wondering, would you attend a public execution? Would you take your kids? Would you watch it on Facebook (or City-Data)?
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