Paedophile to be beheaded and crucified in Saudi Arabia

[EternalOptimist]

If the Saudis act true to form, they should have the kids stoned to death as well

blooming barbarians

[Platypus]

Probably not one to be too close to in your best suit. Based on a quick back of the envelope calculation, with a blood pressure of 120mmHg = 0.16 bar provides a spurt height of about 1.5m, which if angled at 45 degrees to the rostrum gives about 3m range. Or further if the beheadee is feeling a bit nervous about what's going on.

The power of math !

[AtW]

Probably not one to be too close to in your best suit. Based on a quick back of the envelope calculation, with a blood pressure of 120mmHg = 0.16 bar provides a spurt height of about 1.5m, which if angled at 45 degrees to the rostrum gives about 3m range. Or further if the beheadee is feeling a bit nervous about what's going on.

[wurzel]

Probably not one to be too close to in your best suit. Based on a quick back of the envelope calculation, with a blood pressure of 120mmHg = 0.16 bar provides a spurt height of about 1.5m, which if angled at 45 degrees to the rostrum gives about 3m range. Or further if the beheadee is feeling a bit nervous about what's going on.

I was told by a local over there that they are medically bled before they get to the square in order to reduce this spurt height.

[xoggoth]

Slight non sequitur there platypus. The distinction between one jail sentence and a stiffer one is hardly the same as the distinction between a jail sentence and execution and I don't think any jury would think it was.

PS Yeh z. Then we could eat the bits. Bags I the ladys' bottoms.

[EternalOptimist]

A professional swordsman - I like that. Thats got to be a good job that, or a professional bleeder, with a GCSE in spurt prevention

[snaw]

By that argument, the lesser the punishment, the more crims are convicted?

Sorry, I don't buy that.

Dunno with the logic, but agree with the sentiment - even one wrongful death from the authorities is one too many. And enough people regularly get proven innocent many years later, who would have been executed at the time, to justify banning corporal punishment.

[Mich the Tester]

Slight non sequitur there platypus. The distinction between one jail sentence and a stiffer one is hardly the same as the distinction between a jail sentence and execution and I don't think any jury would think it was.

Why the faith in juries?

[EternalOptimist]

extract from my swordsman CV

cv

Sheik E Optimist

Tent 3a The desert

Education
1960 - 72 Mohammed(peas be upon him) all saint bedouins
1972 - 75 University of Riyad

Relevant Qualifications

GCSE A* Blood spurt prevention and pre-bleeding
GCSE B+ Flourishing and crowd pleasing

BSc Batchelor of Swordsmanship II Hon

[Platypus]

Slight non sequitur there platypus. The distinction between one jail sentence and a stiffer one is hardly the same as the distinction between a jail sentence and execution and I don't think any jury would think it was.

In fact I tend to agree with you, but being devil's advocate, they get loads of time & opportunities to appeal, witness:
"Death row inmates in the U.S. typically spend over a decade awaiting execution. Some prisoners have been on death row for well over 20 years."

Therefore one an be sure that the conviction is safe.

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/time-death-row