Rabuve

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Reference desk

I've posted a response to your question at the reference desk. Mentioning it here only because it's been a few days so you might not still be watching. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 18:45, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Execution scene

While channel flipping the other day I saw a scene in a movie where a guy was about to be executed, and the guards pulled down his pants, stuffed cotton balls into his anus, and changed him into a great big white diaper. Supposedly they do this to ease cleanup by minimizing the damage of him pooping himself when he is executed. Apart from being rather disturbed at the scene, it provoked some questions on actual practice. My question is 1) Do they really stuff cotton into the anuses of those about to be executed? 2)Do they really make them wear diapers? and 3) If they do both of these things, why bother with the cotton? It seems redundant because without the cotton, all that happens is that the convict messes their diaper during execution. Rabuve (talk) 01:37, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

What a coincidence! I just now finished watching a documentary on You Tube entitled "Death Row Women". One of the death row women interviewed was Lynda Lyon Block. She discusses this very same thing that the OP cites. Namely, that when she is to be executed (via electric chair) in the state of Alabama, the procedures call for cotton to be placed in the anus and for the criminal to be dressed in a diaper. The You Tube link is here: [1]. The part of the documentary where this topic is mentioned begins at about the 16:47 mark in the film. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 02:18, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Reference desk New Message

You have a new message at Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Computing#Help_with_Changing_Youtube_Email --Tito Dutta ✉ 13:22, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Random question

Did the video you mentioned here involve students asking questions? Bzweebl (talk • contribs) 00:26, 7 September 2012 (UTC)