Was wondering if anybody seriously put themselves in the shoes
of a person who is due to be executed by hanging?
As someone said earlier, someone who is due to be executed but yet
cannot do a single thing about it. I believe the prison authorities
would have removed all articles deem to be 'dangerous'. So even if
one wanted to go 'out' with his/her own hands, you won't be able
to.
What would one feel and think as the execution date draws nearer?
It's like going on a journey, except it's a one way trip, leaving
this familiar world to the next. Depending on one's beliefs, what
would be waiting at the other end?
Would you be able to eat when you're at death's door step? Does it
really matter how much is spent on that last meal? Doubt you are
even given a fork and knife, well, not metal ones anyways. Would
you be able to sleep on that last night?
You are lead to the gallows. What would you be thinking now? Does
making peace with your maker really help now? Does the executioner
wears a mask? What does he say? You are lead over the trapdoor. If
one wasn't scared earlier, you would be right now. The your hands
and legs are bounded if they weren't earlier when you were lead out
of your cell for the last time.
Perhaps your charges and punishment is read to you. Any final
words?
Perhaps a hood is put over your head, but does that really
matters.
When the trapdoor is released, you would free fall for a second
(your life flashes before you) until the maximum length of the rope
is reached. The weight of your body applies pressure on the noose
around your neck. The tensile stress created from the sudden stop
of the free fall severs your vetebrae and spinal cord. The last
thing you hear would be the cracking of your back bone. But your
heart continues beating for the next 15-30 minutes.... You are
later brought down and certified dead. And your organs are
harvested....
If the execution is deemed humane by some people, the process
leading up to it is mind-wrecking.
