Comments on: Lucid Decapitation https://www.damninteresting.com/lucid-decapitation/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Wed, 28 Dec 2022 21:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: james warren https://www.damninteresting.com/lucid-decapitation/#comment-74107 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 08:36:35 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=495#comment-74107 It’s good to get a head in the world.

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By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/lucid-decapitation/#comment-73567 Sat, 31 Oct 2020 14:06:26 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=495#comment-73567 The guillotine is far better than the current Islamic method being used in France.

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By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/lucid-decapitation/#comment-73527 Fri, 02 Oct 2020 00:26:36 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=495#comment-73527 This is one of those articles that stays in my mind, and I cannot forget it.

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By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/lucid-decapitation/#comment-73387 Mon, 29 Jun 2020 01:16:46 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=495#comment-73387 I am back.

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By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/lucid-decapitation/#comment-73240 Fri, 14 Feb 2020 00:54:36 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=495#comment-73240 Decapitation cures migraines.

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By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/lucid-decapitation/#comment-73141 Tue, 26 Nov 2019 23:56:31 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=495#comment-73141 I am returned, head still securely fastened to my shoulders.

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By: Old Sinner https://www.damninteresting.com/lucid-decapitation/#comment-73076 Sat, 26 Oct 2019 01:53:37 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=495#comment-73076 There is a cadre of disturbing folks posting herein, but to address briefly a few issues: JB I believe considers it acceptable to execute a percentage of innocent persons, as in balance the lives saved by taking criminals out of circulation saves more? First, that problem is solved with life sentences without parole; second, the number of murderers who would likely kill additional people upon release is a fraction of those convicted, as many killed in the heat of passion, family, etc. Modern law has eliminated Old Testament attitudes regarding vengeance, intentional infliction of pain and torture, etc. regardless of the heinous nature of the crime.
The concern over racial bias is justified, as proportionately far more minorities receive the death sentence, and the inferior representation by lesser attorneys leads to all sorts of inequities throughout the legal process, including biases in the arresting officers, prosecutors, judges, juries, even “impartial” forensic examiners – leaving out the added political aspects within regions and electorates. The relatively new revelations from DNA evidence have shown a disturbing frequency of innocent persons who have been lucky to have convictions overturned, but agencies have been very reluctant to investigate once an execution has been completed, for obvious reasons.
There are arguments on either side of capital punishment, but in no particular order: Evidence shows many career criminals have killed additional victims, so as to prevent identification, and fear of the death penalty can be an incentive to murder more, not less.
Most states have made extenuating circumstances the leverage point for the death penalty versus prison; extra acts of depraved sadism, cruelty, etc. make the case for capital punishment. But, if one wishes to be scrupulous and fair, there should also be extra measures of certainty, beyond the “reasonable doubt” needed to convict, in order to exclude any possibility that any other person could have committed the crime. Life in prison may seem an inadequate punishment, but for an innocent person it is at least some form of life that allows for consolation, and a remote chance of future redemption that is extinguished with their execution.
Any state that would accept a percentage of executed innocents as a “cost of doing business” is a state that sanctions and institutionalizes depraved indifference.

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By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/lucid-decapitation/#comment-73056 Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:41:03 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=495#comment-73056 Anonymous:

I once saw a video of Al-Qaeda beheading an innocent man. I don’t how long he was alive after the beheading. All I can say is that I am sorry that I saw the video.

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By: Anonymous https://www.damninteresting.com/lucid-decapitation/#comment-72649 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 02:25:51 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=495#comment-72649 I just saw a gore video of a man being decapitated with 2 machete strikes. The camera approached him after the head was severed and he rolled his eyes to the camera for a few seconds.

So, yeah. With today’s technology and the cartel’s violence, there is a tone of new evidence about this.

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By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/lucid-decapitation/#comment-72498 Sat, 30 Jun 2018 12:07:56 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=495#comment-72498 Now then, to speak seriously.

This was one of my favorite articles when it was first published, and it still is.

I don’t know how long I have been reading DI, but it’s been years. I first found out about DI from one of Kim Komando’s daily news items. I think it was somewhere around 2005.

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