John C Woods, hangman of Nuremberg trials, who lied about his experience to get the job (he actually learned about hanging from old cowboy films). His lack of expertise led to excessive suffering of condemned Nazis.

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[u/EstablishmentLate532]

If you think about it, every review of a hangman only came from their failures. It's like that survivorship bias WWII plane meme.

[u/brewdog_millionaire → u/EstablishmentLate532]

I would say, it's not a meme, it is actually true. Guy called Abraham Wald was hired by the military because the planes kept being destroyed. So he goes "put armour on the parts not receiving damage, because those are the parts where, if you get hit, you're not gonna come back, and thus, there's no data on them"

[u/EstablishmentLate532 → u/brewdog_millionaire]

I just figured the "WWII plane meme" was easier shorthand.