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Arabia
Hanged man was alive for hours
2006-12-01
KUWAIT CITY: A Sri Lankan national who was executed in Kuwait for murdering an Asian woman during a robbery remained alive five hours after he was hanged and pronounced dead, newspapers reported yesterday. Sanjaya Rowan Kumara was pronounced dead by doctors eight minutes after he was hanged but medics who transported his body to a morgue said they noticed he was still moving, Al-Qabas daily reported.
hey Muhamed, see hes making that choking sign again
Forensic experts were immediately called to examine the body and they confirmed that "there was some weak pulse in his heart," the daily said.
forensically speaking that's not gas and I'm an expert btw
The examination was repeated several times and each time "the dead body showed some signs of life," Al-Qabas quoted unnamed medical sources as saying.
holy krap It's ALIVE!
"They eventually pronounced him completely dead at 1400 hours local time," five hours after his hanging, the sources said.
'completely dead', humm.. that's much more serious
The justice ministry refused to comment on the report but head of the criminal execution department, Najeeb al-Mulla, who supervised the hanging, told Al-Watan newspaper the report was "baseless."
i tells ya he's stiff as board
Kumara was sentenced to death by KuwaitÂ’s three courts for killing the woman while he was attempting to burgle her house. Four accomplices were sentenced to various terms in jail.
Posted by:RD

#10  Again, the Blogad below...interesting tie-in.
Posted by: DragonFly   2006-12-01 22:55  

#9  I think the reason this guy didn't die is that (it's my understanding} that when these Islamic guys hang somebody - it doesn't include a short drop.

They tie a rope around your neck and haul you into the air. You die from strangulation, not a broken neck.
Posted by: Leigh   2006-12-01 22:51  

#8  Completely dead is one thing, but is he Sincerely Dead?

As mayor of the Munchkin City
In the county of the land of Oz
I welcome you most regally

But we've got to verify it legally
To see...

To see...


If she...

If she...


Is morally, ethically


Spiritually, physically


Positively, absolutely


Undeniably and reliably dead


As Coroner , I thoroughly examined her
And she's not only merely dead
She's really most sincerely dead
Posted by: Parabellum   2006-12-01 18:11  

#7  Somebody screwed up and knotted the rope wrong or placed the knot in the rope at the wrong location.

Clasic hangman's nooses, reputedly, have that knot placed on the back left side of the neck so that the sudden drop will break the victim's neck and he'll either die instantly or will not suffer too long at the end of the rope.

While it might be appropriate for someone like Saddam to suffer and linger for awhile, it would be inhuman and barbaric to sink to his level in ridding the world of such scum (for example, I'd pay for the ammunition to put a bullet in child molester's skulls and then take the carcass out to the nearest field and plow it under thereby making the individual of some use to the world, but I would not feed them slowly into an industrial grinder - I don't have the stomach for prolonged torture).

Posted by: FOTSGreg   2006-12-01 17:25  

#6  It seems he was well hung.
Posted by: Chuger Hupeart7813   2006-12-01 17:00  

#5  Just one more reason why every man should hope to be well hung.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-12-01 16:24  

#4  I'm having trouble mustering any sympathy. Call AI or something.
Posted by: gorb   2006-12-01 13:32  

#3  I guess he decided to hang around a few more hours.
Posted by: Mike   2006-12-01 12:53  

#2  Document the exact procedure used. This would work well for Saddam.
Posted by: SpecOp35   2006-12-01 11:06  

#1  'completely dead', humm.. that's much more serious

*chuckle*
Posted by: MacNails   2006-12-01 10:48  

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