2006-12-30 04:12:45 · 6 answers · asked by Lilskeerd 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
anonymity helps remove the burden of guilt, nobody can identify the person who actually commited the act. in firing squads one man shoots a blank, that way their is always plausible deniability. Even if he deserves death, it is not easy for a man to kill another.
2006-12-30 04:23:56 · answer #1 · answered by bumppo 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The reason the executioners wear masks is so they are not persicuted by those watching the execution. It derives from 15th Century France when King Henry kept executing his wives when they could not bare children. It is so that no one knows that they are more or less killers.
2006-12-30 12:22:42 · answer #2 · answered by Mac 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So that their identities remain a secret to avoid vengance from others (an eye for an eye!)
2006-12-30 12:20:10 · answer #3 · answered by Lil' Gay Monster 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to remain anonymous, to represent the state and not one person, and to prevent revenge fom other individuals.
2006-12-30 12:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by mystk1111 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So they wouldn't be targeted for death by the Fedayeen.
2006-12-30 12:17:18 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so they won't be recognized ....
2006-12-30 12:19:59 · answer #6 · answered by smilingcat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋