Well, why they garrote the criminals instead of hanging them?

[xuanbingge]

Well, why they garrote the criminals instead of hanging them?

[Hanging Survivor]

Good question! Hanging, if done properly, should give the neck a
sudden jolt that causes an instantaneous stretching that breaks the
neck completely. By that, I mean the spinal column AND the spinal
chord are totally separated. The only point is that the victim isn't
usually rendered unconscious right away. And death can still take
upwards to 30-minutes. Odd though, when you consider that, if a
person is killed by having their neck snapped by having their head
twisted, death usually occurs within like 10-seconds. One "theory"
on death taking so long when the vicim is hanged is because their
heart rate is so high from the anticipation, that this can prolong the
person's life, if only for a short time. And, if the person's neck
isn't broken, it can take to upwards of two-minutes before the person
is unconscious, and upwards of 30-minutes for the person to be
strangled to death. Besides, in most cases, after 4-to5-minutes, the
person is supposed to suffer irreversible brain damage too. I said 'in
most cases', as I have survived hanging myself numerous times
(suicide), which twice resulted in complete breakages of my neck at
the base of the c2. The first time my neck was broken was when I
tried to hang myself when I was only 16, and that wasn't my first
hanging attempt either!! The second time was when I was 34! The
breakages were total lateral separations, but, for some crazy reason,
my spinal chord remained somewhat intact, hence my survival! And on
four occasions, including my suicide attempt when I was 16, I was
hanged for so long that my heart had stopped, and I was declared dead
when my body was cut down.

Can I assume that you are talking about the ram-style garrott where
the victim's neck is broken by the ram? I don't know why this method
isn't used more often. It does achieve the same result as hanging.
The victim's neck is broken, and at the same time, the victim is
strangled. It would seem that once the neck is broken, death should
occur much quicker. However, the more popular method of a very thin
ligature is generally used to strangle the victim rather than break
their neck. Ligatures used are like nylon fishing line, guitar
strings, and piano wire. The ligature, when drawn tight, cuts deep
into the victim's neck, slicing arteries, cutting into the throat and
windpipe. And if done properly, can actually behead the victim.
Regardless, this method is usually used by (but not limited to)
organized crime to "murder" a person, rather than to "execute" them,
which are the same thing, if you think about it. I knew someone, a 47-
year-old woman (at the time she was murdered), who was murdered by
being strangled with a length of piano wire, and she was beheaded.
The wire was left at the murder scene!

As I said, I have survived being hanged numerous times, and even the
two-times my neck was broken. Execution by garrott (the ram-style)
has an appeal to it. But, being garrotted with a thin wire, and
having it administered by a woman, has the greatest appeal, at least
to me!