of je wel dan niet je nek breekt tijdens ophanging heeft te maken met welke kant de knoop zit.
zit de knoop langs de zijkant dan breekt je nek door de slag
zit de knoop langsachter dan verstik je
ik stel voor dat ze hem langsachter zetten en halverwege hem eens terug op de grond zetten tot hij weer bijkomt
en dan terug ophangen
Daar heeft de knoop niks mee temaken. Als je van heel hoog valt zal je nek breken, ongeacht de plaats van de knoop:
The cause of death in hanging depends on the conditions related to the event. When the body is released from a relatively high position, death is usually caused by severing the spinal cord between C1 and C2, which may be functional decapitation (although even in this case, some circulation to the brain may be maintained through deep vessels, such as the vertebral arteries). High cervical fracture frequently occurs in judicial hangings, and in fact the C1-C2 fracture has been called the "Hangman's fracture" in medicine, even when it occurs in other circumstances.
In the absence of fracture and dislocation, spinal cord damage may have a role but occlusion of blood vessels becomes a major cause of death. Obstruction of venous drainage of the brain via occlusion of the internal jugular veins leads to cerebral oedema and then cerebral ischemia. Other processes that have been suggested to contribute are vagal collapse (via mechanical stimulation of the carotid sinus), and compromise of the cerebral blood flow by obstruction of the carotid arteries, even though their obstruction requires far more force than the obstruction of jugular veins, since they are seated deeper and they contain blood in much higher pressure compared to the jugular veins. Only 7 lb of pressure may be enough to constrict the carotid arteries to the point of rapid unconsciousness (this varies from individual to individual). When cerebral circulation is severely compromised by any mechanism, arterial or venous, death occurs over four or more minutes from cerebral hypoxia, although the heart may continue to beat after the brain is no longer resurrectable.
When death occurs in such cases, is a matter of convention. In judicial hangings, death is pronounced at cardiac arrest, which may occur at times from several minutes up to 15 minutes or longer, after hanging. During suspension, once the prisoner has lapsed into unconsciousness, rippling movements of the body and limbs may occur for some time which are usually attributed to nervous and muscular reflexes. Where death has been caused by strangulation, the face will typically have become engorged and cyanotic (turned blue through lack of oxygen).
There will be the classic sign of strangulation - petechiae - little blood marks on the face and in the eyes from burst blood capillaries. The tongue may protrude. Where death has occurred through carotid artery obstruction or Vagal reflex, the face will typically be pale in colour and not show petechiae. There exist many reports and pictures of actual short drop hangings which seem to show that the person died quickly and fairly peacefully, while others indicate a slow and agonising death by strangulation. There is a popular myth about coïtusual stimulation of hanging victims, due to the apparent erection some of them were exhibiting.
The effect is attributed to a common priapism caused by spinal cord damage that the hanging execution mechanism inflicts. (This myth fuels the auto-erotic asphyxiation, a practice that might lead to an accidental death.) After death, the body typically shows marks of suspension, e.g. bruising and rope marks on the neck. This form of asphyxial death by hanging is known medically as anoxia and is also the normal cause of death in suicide hangings. Total body death results usually within less than 20 minutes as the brain becomes starved of oxygen. In Britain, it was normal to leave the body suspended for an hour to ensure death.
Forensic experts may often be able to tell if hanging is suicide or homicide, as each leaves a distinctive ligature mark. One of the hints they use is the hyoid bone, that, if broken, often means the person has been murdered, by manual choking. Also, there have been cases of autoerotic asphyxiation leading to death; children have accidentally died playing the choking game.
A long-drop hanging may break the neck (cervical fracture) causing traumatic spinal cord injury and consequent asphyxia and brain hypoxia.[10]
