29 November 2005

MAKE THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME: JAIL NOT DEATH BY HANGING


According to one prominent medical doctor, the following fate awaits Nguyen Tuong Van in the dawn hours of December 2, 2005:

Van Tuong Nguyen will be led from his cell to the yard where he will be hanged.He may struggle or he may walk with composure. He may be given relaxants to help him stay calm.

The hangman will place a hood over his head and the noose around his neck. At 6am, the trap door will open and his body will drop and hang until it stops writhing.

When his lifeless being is taken down, his face will be purple, engorged with blood, his neck covered with lacerations, his swollen tongue protruding out of his mouth and his eyes displaced.

Involuntary ejections of urine and faeces will stain his clothes.

Such is the gore awaiting Nguyen that no one, not even his family, is allowed to watch the killing.

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