Hope on a Rope: It's What Everyone Has Been Waiting For!

Line them up. The system can be fixed. All you need is some rope and a little wood. Unless and until the punishment fits the crime, there is no incentive for a perpetrator to not commit said crimes.

18 U.S. Code § 2381 - Treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(2)(J), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)

The system can be fixed. All you need is some rope and a little wood.
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Hope on a Rope: It's What Everyone's Been Waiting For!
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The last legal hanging in the United States was of Billy Bailey in Delaware on January 25, 1996. He was the third person hanged in the US since 1965 and the first in Delaware in 50 years.

I first heard this as a folk song called "Hangman" by The Kingston Trio, which was originally titled "The Maid Freed from the Gallows" and "The Prickilie Bush."

However, the Trio's version was fairly straight laced and lacked the drama and excitement that Zeppelin puts into their version. This track is on side two along with "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" on LZ III.

The pace picks up much the way a hangman's reel does, and luckily an historical drama starring Alan Bates was available that is an excellent match for the song. A lot of editing was required though as the focus of the music is on Bates and not the other major character played by Faye Dunaway, plus some scenes needed to be re-sequenced in order to pair well with the lyrics.

Not enough footage was left to use from the Bates film, so I gave a little less equal time to the song as known as "The Maid Freed from the Gallows" using footage from the film, Once Upon A Time In Deadwood. In this instance, the unlucky maid is actress Veronica Lopez.

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