There is a method to Tree's madness...
According to the US Army's manual for execution by hanging the poor girl should have been dropped 8'9" (about 2.5 meters) to insure her neck broke when she reached the end of her rope. A four foot drop would close the noose about her neck almost instantly but unconsciousness would be denied for around a minute. If she was hanged from a standing position the gallows platform would block the view of her body from the navel up from both the crowd and more importantly from RR Video Production's cameras. Dropped from a kneeling position she was completely visible beneath the structure for the crowd to watch and the cameras to capture her death throes...
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According to the US Army's manual for execution by hanging the poor girl should have been dropped 8'9" (about 2.5 meters) to insure her neck broke when she reached the end of her rope. A four foot drop would close the noose about her neck almost instantly but unconsciousness would be denied for around a minute. If she was hanged from a standing position the gallows platform would block the view of her body from the navel up from both the crowd and more importantly from RR Video Production's cameras. Dropped from a kneeling position she was completely visible beneath the structure for the crowd to watch and the cameras to capture her death throes...
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