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[BettyO]

Nothing surprises me anymore. Just goes to prove that there is a lot of unfounded and irresponsible data out on the internet - which I always attempt to try and warn folk - particularly kids doing homework. Just 'cause it's out on the net doesn't make it so!

I also think that perhaps Rath was somewhat nervous about this hanging. He had served as a hangman before; but this one was very, very different in that he was going to have to hang a woman - something that he had never done before. I think it went against his grain. Remember he only put 5 turns into Mary's noose; a true hangman's noose is supposedly 7 or 8 turns. Powell's had, I think, 8 to 10 turns....