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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Tie a sheet around you're neck and lean into it, something's got to give. You don't need a violent jerk like most hangings to break bones. A noose and your body weight will break bones.
On a side note, the reason why nooses are turned sideways in hangings is because executions in England were becoming gruesome decapitations.
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They moved the noose to the side so that the head was jerk sideways and the neck snapped instantly, with the noose at the back it has to overcome the strongest neck muscles, so hangings tended to be either a long winded slow strangulation that could take 10 or 15 minutes and even require the hangman to pull the victim down from the waist to speed the process up or rip the head off entirely, neither were considered in good taste in a time when a good hanging was the entertainment highlight of the week.