▲ 36 ▼ John C Woods, hangman of Nuremberg trials, who lied about his experience to get the job (he actually learned about hanging from old cowboy films). His lack of expertise led to excessive suffering of… (thelemmy.club) submitted 19 hours ago by time2lose@lemmy.world to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world 42 comments fedilink hide all child comments Full title: John C Woods, hangman of Nuremberg trials, who lied about his experience to get the job (he actually learned about hanging from old cowboy films). His lack of expertise led to excessive suffering of condemned Nazis.
[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 18 hours ago (1 child) Botching executions seems to be a theme with the USA. permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Schemen110676@lemmy.ml 1 point 11 hours ago Ironically they were getting rid of a few guys that really were damn good at killing. I'll let myself out... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Schemen110676@lemmy.ml 1 point 11 hours ago Ironically they were getting rid of a few guys that really were damn good at killing. I'll let myself out... permalink fedilink source parent