tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post7764161287445047255..comments2024-01-29T01:32:16.780-07:00Comments on 704 Houser Street: Doh!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-87549929076035180532013-10-19T12:06:04.580-06:002013-10-19T12:06:04.580-06:00I though double jeopardy was being tried for the s...I though double jeopardy was being tried for the same crime twice.<br /><br />I guess I don't know the history of double executions in the US.<br /><br />It seems to me that a drop hanging, when done properly, causes the neck to break. Other forms of hanging cause strangulation. Either way, you can hardly blame the prisoner for not dying. Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-80996855570504367122013-10-19T11:01:58.819-06:002013-10-19T11:01:58.819-06:00Hence the American ban on "double jeopardy&qu...Hence the American ban on "double jeopardy". The reasoning being that if the execution was unsuccessful, it was because of divine intervention. <br /><br />Curious, though, how that ban has gotten perverted in the US.Master Doh-Sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08253282508454605041noreply@blogger.com