 "...Up to that time, hanging had been the predominant method of execution. Hanging had been brought to America from England by the early settlers. In 1967, two sociologists estimated that some sixteen thousand people had been executed by hanging in America. It was inexpensive and easily carried out. However, it could also be very painful, requiring up to twenty minutes for a prisoner to strangle to death. Some were decapitated. In the late nineteenth century, the "long drop" was introduced. This method of hanging uses a formula which determines the length of the rope to be used based on the weight of the prisoner. The fall is made long enough to break the prisoner's neck so that he will die almost immediately. Despite improvements in the method, hanging fell out of favor in most jurisdictions. Many bungled executions were reported and hanging became associated with illegal lynchings. Also, the centralization of capital punishment facilitated the use of such methods as electrocution and lethal gas that were not feasible at the local level. Three states, Delaware, New Hampshire, and Washington, currently provide for hanging as an option. Since 1977, three inmates have been executed by hanging: two in Washington, and the last, in 1996, in Delaware..." -- The Florida Corrections Commision |
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