jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoAlabama sets nitrogen-gas execution for man who survived botched 2022 effortwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAlabama sets nitrogen-gas execution for man who survived botched 2022 effortwww.theguardian.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoIf you survive one execution I don’t think they should be allowed a do over, let him live in his cell, he earned it.
minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI’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
minus-squareDarkassassin07@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI’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.
minus-squareKAYDUBELL@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI’m gonna be pedantic for a second, hanged* not “hung”
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down3·4 months agoI reject your pedantry, you’ve learnt a different localized lexicon and your defence of the specifics of the English language ain’t gonna hold up.
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”
I reject your pedantry, you’ve learnt a different localized lexicon and your defence of the specifics of the English language ain’t gonna hold up.