If The Death Penalty Was Reintroduced Where...

[sandyRoe]

... would the authorities find the hangmen?

[Atheist]

I'm sure they would. We've even had volunteers here on AB.

[Canary42]

The AHR brigade will be queueing up.

[anneasquith]

Answebank ? :-)

[sandyRoe]

Like much else there must be a few tricks of the trade that are now lost.
If the drops too short the subject struggles and eventually suffocates. Too long and he's decapitated.

[anneasquith]

Sandy, your very gruesome today .

[sandyRoe]

Hi annieasquith
shakily sober. Just passing the time.

[anneasquith]

If that’s the case Sandy, I’ll forgive you anything. Keep hydrated please. Food maybe ?

[fitdarren]

Wouldn't a lethal injection be better?

[sandyRoe]

To be honest, not a lot recently. But I went to M&S this morning and bought some ready meals. I'll eat something tonight.

[sandyRoe]

Fitdarren,
They'd want the theatre of the event.
A headsman from Saudi and the execution in public would certainly draw the crowds.

[ToraToraTora]

fitdarren, I think the US have demonstrated time and again that it would not.

[fitdarren]

Quite frankly I don't care how they die, but baby and child killers definitely should!

[andy-hughes]

The last hangman, Albert Pierrepont, was a hangman because his father and uncle did the job before him.

I am sure the government would sort a recruitment process, in order to find someone who can actually do the job, as opposed to the millions who dream, incorrectly, that they can.

Taking a human life in cold blood is not difficult.

Living with it after, probably is.

Fortunately, we are a civilised society, so the question is not likely to arise.

Government-funded revenge is something we don't do anymore.

[Old_Geezer]

I very much doubt we will ever degenerate to such a primitive state. So where the hypothetical government appointed murderers would come from isn't that important.

[dave50]

I'd live with it quite easily

[Aircooledfool]

Consider those who have committed the heinous crimes, with no dispute about the charges, and are then kept safe and secure , fed and healthy, at our expense.why should they be?

[douglas9401]

Just so long as you don't have to bring your work home with you.

[dustypuss]

This makes for interesting reading.

https://mtinnocenceproject.org/5-innocent-people-who-were-executed-or-exonerated-on-death-row/

[wolf63]

Sandy - all I can say is "Good Luck to you" ♥

[Aircooledfool]

I agree there must be certainty about the guilt, I am arguing for the death penalty when there is certainty . and from what I see and read doubt always seems to bring an appeals fest and lawyers pay day. I don’t see what is degenerate about paying with your life if you take one (Beyond reasonable doubt that is)