From: "Maouse" <maouse at FULTON-NET.COM>
> Ps. historically "bad" and botched executions usually led to the
> executioner's demise... this is why the guiotine was used, because it
worked
While I've read of botched beheadings where multiple blows were needed,
I haven't heard of executioners being killed because of their bungling.
[I majored in History.]
Alex