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Originally Posted by HTannor
2. Hanging is certainly a viable option, but in a discussion with the proprietor of Freehold Ace Hardware, I was disturbed to find all his "rope" is actually made of some sort of plastic
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I understand that hangings are to be carried out, using
an hempen rope
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The modern American coiled noose is prepared in accordance with a procedure laid down in a U.S. army manual, from 30 feet of 3/4"-1" diameter manila hemp rope, boiled to take out stretch and any tendency to coil. It is formed into six coils and then waxed, soaped or greased to assure that the knot slides easily. Generally the knot is placed under the prisoner’s left ear (the subaural position) as was seen in the photographs of Saddam Hussein.
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so appropriate for pigs
Here is an American example.
john-brown-hanged-with-kentucky-hemp
But
this was a
female pig, and Hanging seems suited in the case of swine:
IT SAYS HERE
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The vast majority of criminal defendants were pigs, probably because farmers allowed them to roam free much of the time. In 1386 a pig accused of murdering an infant was tried and convicted by a court in Falaise, France. The pig was hanged at the gallows by the village hangman. Her six piglets were charged with being accessories to the crime but were acquitted "on account of their youth and their mother's bad example."
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but I'm not sure whether crimes (in this case committed by pigs) are best determined by the French 