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”
"... and they was right!"
Could be both
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You never know 😉
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.
The law/sentence was actually changed after a Scottish woman survived being hanged resulting in this specific wording. There was a time when people did survive and were freed.
I think that rule applied to the guillotine. If the blade stopped on the way down it was considered an act of god or some such.
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”
"... and they was right!"
Could be both
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
You never know 😉
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.
The law/sentence was actually changed after a Scottish woman survived being hanged resulting in this specific wording. There was a time when people did survive and were freed.
I think that rule applied to the guillotine. If the blade stopped on the way down it was considered an act of god or some such.