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http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/06/27/saudi-drifter-sentenced-to-death-by-beheading/?intcmp=obinsite

 

A middle-aged man in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to execution by public beheading after killing two people while ‘drifting’ his car, Reuters reports.

 

The man, who identified himself to police as “Mutannish,” which is Arabic for “he who ignores,” was engaging in a particularly reckless form of outlaw driving that is popular in the Kingdom and locally known as “Hagwalah.”

 

In videos posted to YouTube, large crowds are seen gathering by the side of the road to watch drivers skid their cars – often typical family sedans like Honda Accords and Hyundai Sonatas – through traffic at high speeds, sometimes heading in the wrong direction.

 

Several of the clips show out of control cars crash into the spectators causing serious injury, or even death. One particularly graphic video that surfaced in the internet in May a car rolled through a crowd as several passengers were thrown from vehicle. It has since been removed.

 

Faced with a growing problem, Saudi authorities are now treating fatalities caused by Hagwalah as negligent homicides, according to Reuters.

 

In 2005, a naval officer who killed three people in a similar accident was sentenced to death, but had the punishment reduced to 3,000 lashes and 20 years in prison.

 

It is not clear when Mutannish’s sentence is scheduled to be carried out.

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Three THOUSAND lashes? Jesus, that would probably kill you anyway. I wonder how they administer that. 100 lashes a week? All at once?

 

I asked somebody from Saudi Arabia about that once. Apparently, there are various kinds of whips used for the lashes, and the courts also specify how the lashings are to given. Those 3,000 lashes would probably be administered 10 at a time with basically a short bullwhip...about 8 feet long with a leather tip. Basically, they get whipped until bloody, then when they are healed they get whipped again. Repeat until 3,000.

Now, sometimes the judges will specify that the punishment is to be carried out all at once. That does usually result in death, but they use a shorter whip with a cloth tip so that more of the lashes are actually delivered.

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Blood lose, Shock, and the body can only handle so much trauma till it shuts down

 

You're right, but to be more specific depending on his level of curiosity...once your body loses about 20% of its blood volume your body will go into hypovolemic shock. The heart pumps harder and faster to make up for lack of volume which can lead cardiac arrest. Also, decreased blood supply can cause brain damage along with multi organ system failure.

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You're right, but to be more specific depending on his level of curiosity...once your body loses about 20% of its blood volume your body will go into hypovolemic shock. The heart pumps harder and faster to make up for lack of volume which can lead cardiac arrest. Also, decreased blood supply can cause brain damage along with multi organ system failure.

 

strong blood knowledge to username ratio

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