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In reply to the discussion: The Pioneering Woman Of Science Whom DUers Are Going To Attack And Smear [View all]marble falls
(72,566 posts)the drop required to break his vertebra, the noose sill broke bones in his neck. And I believe if he were leaning forward as he hung he certainly would have, he had a great chance to break his Hyoid. I've seen a few photos of jailhouse hangings and they tend to be leaning forward when they're found.
I consulted with my sister when she represented a family suing Harris County after deputies killed and then hung an inmate. And I got to see the photo of a farmer who had hung himself off a line that didn't get his feet off the ground in Iowa just before the bank was going to auction his farm. And a nephew hung himself on the clothesline in my cousin's basement.
I don't need to see anymore hanging photos the rest of my life.
Sheesh, dude I AGREE with you. And we both know how unusual that is.