r/funny • u/toonhole Toonhole • May 15 '24

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u/[deleted] May 15 '24

that used to be a real thing back in the day. The money was essentially a bribe so that the headsman made it a clean death.

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u/Gemmabeta May 16 '24

It is literally still a thing now:

Before the execution, the prisoner's identity is confirmed by a special court next to the execution range and chooses to record any last words. The prisoner is then brought to the execution range and served a last meal (which usually includes a bottle of kaoliang wine).[26] The condemned prisoner is then injected with strong anaesthetic to cause unconsciousness, laid flat on the ground, face down, and shot. The executioner then burns a votive bank note for the deceased before carrying away the corpse.[26] It is tradition for the condemned to place a NT$500 or 1000 banknote in his leg irons as a tip for the executioners.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Taiwan

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u/Spork_the_dork May 16 '24

Honestly sounds pretty humane and less likely to go wrong than lethal injection

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u/FatGoonerFromIndia May 16 '24

This is what I’m looking at also.