When people hang people, why do they put the knot behind their left ear?
When people hang people, why do they put the knot behind their left ear?
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- wow, u know to much about this stuff, are you a murderer, should i be calling the cops right now
TO MAKE SURE THE KNOT WILL SNAP BACK TO THE RIGHT AND BREAK THEIR NECK.
I think it has to do with suffering......if you cut out the blood from you right side the body takes longer to die than if you cut the blood on your left side. Left supplies the brain, right goes back to your heart! As long as oxygen supply gets into the brain you can still feel, think and so on!! at least for a few seconds to minutes depending on the person!!
They tried putting it around their waist but they didn't get the same outcome.
the left side in some cultures is insulting to people anything left is considered bad why people all have right hands in the middle east
For good luck
There is an artery there as well as the the part of the spine that connects to the skull. In capital punishment cases most hangman also stand to the left, as on the right is usually a priest or chaplain, the warden, and member of the court. So when they fastent he knot, it's to the left where the hangman is standing. Also on the left, are three to five other officers of the prison who each have scissors or a straight blade to cut their string that then opens the trap door to hang the individual, they have to witness the knot placement and tightness of the noose. Usually only 2 or 3 strings actually are connected to the trap door, just as only a fraction of firing squad shooters are actually firing real bullets. They do that to "ease" the mind of executioners so they don't "know who actually killed the individual." Also, the knot must be snug to the neck behind the left ear and the noose follow from the chinline, under the chin, just below the right ear, and across the back of the neck. That is so the neck break is quick and death follows faster as the spinal cord is severed by a basilar skull fracture which means NO nerve activity whatso ever will reach the rest of the body, and that seconds after the break the artery is severed by the same fracture ensuring bleeding to death internally in minutes if the spinal cord isn't severed completely.It's a sick way of doing things....
it is supposed to help to snap there neck as they drop so they don't just hang there choking to death---- some how it is supposed to be more human ---- go figure
i dont know!!
So that it jerks the head towards the side so as to snap the neck. Ouch!
If the knot is behind either ear the rope will break the neck. If the rope is in back of the head it will strangle the person.
There's a good reason for that. It's to ensure that the neck snaps cleanly thus severing the spinal cord and causing instantaneous death.It also ruptures the carotid artery so that if by some change the miscreant survived he would die in a short time by lack of blood to the brain.
If done correctly the neck will snap and kill them instantly. If done incorrectly they hang there and suffocate slowly.I don't think it matters if it's located behind the right or left ear, behind the ear is just the location that causes the greatest torque against the neck.
It's either left or right. To break the neck.
For a hanging, the knot of the rope is typically placed under or just behind the left ear. As the blow when the condemned drops to the end of the rope is supposed to break the neck (for modern "long-drop" hangings), this knot can add additional striking force against the head and neck.-Source
When they lead me to the gallows, remind me to turn around so that the knot will be behind my right ear. Oh, and make sure they arrange for me to land on my right leg as well. Don't wanna aggravate my bad left knee.
'cause they can come back a better person next life time? Dont know.. could be just about anything i guess... ;)
I don't know if you find out let me know
Because it is unlucky to put it behind their right ear, if behind their right ear they're cursed
so when they fall it breaks their neck... it can be on ether side of the head... if they put the knot behind there head... then they suffocate to death...
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