Congressman Tim Burchett Introducing ‘DROP
Act’ to Bring Back Hanging Executions
for Savage Killers
Gateway Pundit,
by
Cassandra MacDonald
Original Article
Posted By: ConservativeYankee,
5/27/2026 1:42:27 PM
Republican Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett is calling for the return of hanging as a federal execution method in response to one of the most depraved crimes in recent memory: the months-long torture, rape, and murder of 19-year-old Isabella Stroupe in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In a viral X post on Sunday, Burchett directly quoted a detailed account of Stroupe’s horrific death and asserted, “I have a bill to bring back hanging. Let’s see if all the tough talk by Congress holds up. Support the Drop Act.” Stroupe, 19, was found dead in an east Charlotte apartment in early May. According to court affidavits and police reports, she had been bound to
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 5/27/2026 1:46:57 PM (No. 2109340)
The guillotine hardly fails to meet objectives.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
hershey 5/27/2026 1:50:27 PM (No. 2109341)
Ah yes, cheaper than a bullet and can be reused...
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
seamusm 5/27/2026 2:00:48 PM (No. 2109348)
The method of execution is really not important. Reasonably swift execution of justice is. Hangings in the public square are entertainment and demeaning us all. Waiting the average of over two decades after conviction to execute the guilty is immoral and an injustice to both victims and their families. It also fails to deter crime which is one of the main purposes of our erstwhile justice system.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Hazymac 5/27/2026 2:21:02 PM (No. 2109357)
About sixty years ago, someone somewhere--not the Boy Scouts!--taught me how to tie a hangman's noose. It's very simple, takes no more than twenty seconds for however many loops you want. A slip knot around the neck (as was used on an extremely peeved "I am President of Iraq!" Saddam Hussein in late '06 before they pushed him off the platform) would probably work in a hanging, but lacks class. A perfect noose shows that the hangman cares. Yes, it should be a legal method of execution. Have you ever read Truman Capote's classic In Cold Blood? (The movie was excellent, too.) Two deserved 1965 hangings for the 1959 murders of the entire Herbert Clutter family, four souls, in Holcomb, Kansas.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 5/27/2026 2:44:01 PM (No. 2109374)
I like it. Hanging in the public square would be a useful deterrent.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
sw penn 5/27/2026 2:47:59 PM (No. 2109380)
Method is unimportant
Justice delayed is justice denied...
That's the core of it
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 5/27/2026 3:03:46 PM (No. 2109397)
I’ve always said that public hangings are an excellent idea. The condemned should get ONE appeal, to a state supreme court - after that, it goes ahead. Executions should be in the county in which the crime took place, preferably a gallows at the county courthouse, on a Saturday at noon. If vendors want to sell beer and hot dogs, that would be okay.
The only thing wrong with the death penalty is that it isn’t used nearly enough.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
mc squared 5/27/2026 4:06:39 PM (No. 2109421)
A return to public executions would be helpful offsetting tick-tok videos of horrific murderous attacks. Maybe get some MSM attention.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Mushroom 5/27/2026 4:28:12 PM (No. 2109429)
I am only opposed to the noose because of it's failure rate. The drop calculations have to be dead on (I crack me up...) or you either have a decapitated corpse, or some idiot just hanging around for hours/days .
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Hazymac 5/27/2026 5:05:21 PM (No. 2109443)
Well dang. My memory was defective on Saddam's hanging. His hanging squad had a nice noose with approximately seven loops under his left ear before the trap door was sprung. Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti didn't make it through the procedure. Hussein wanted to be shot, but nooooo. He gets to dance the hempen jig. Just what he feared. Sic semper tyrannis.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
3XALADY 5/27/2026 7:56:09 PM (No. 2109500)
In cases of murder, why not do to the perp exactly what they did to the victim, if you can find anyone to do it. I think that would be a very good deterrent.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
jerrodmason 5/28/2026 2:17:41 AM (No. 2109562)
And charge admission, with proceeds going to the victim(s).
6 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 5/28/2026 6:05:26 AM (No. 2109572)
I'm with #6. Method does not matter, the end result only counts.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Safari Man 5/28/2026 6:16:10 AM (No. 2109577)
I think government fraudsters deserve this too.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Strike3 5/28/2026 6:56:04 AM (No. 2109604)
Keep going. Hanging is too easy for some of these subhuman animals. A nice swim in a shark tank would be appropriate and they clean up the mess after themselves.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Venturer 5/28/2026 7:47:56 AM (No. 2109637)
Hang them, shoot them, needle them, I don't care, just get it done.
Stop letting these killers get 2 hots and a cot for 40 years
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
janjan 5/28/2026 8:28:29 AM (No. 2109674)
Let’s focus on the SAVE Act and affordability. Finding new ways to execute criminals is not a priority. We already know how to do it.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
walcb 5/28/2026 9:05:29 AM (No. 2109699)
This is fine but we all know it will die in the Senate, just like every other bill that passes the House.
2 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
MickTurn 5/28/2026 9:25:56 AM (No. 2109709)
Drop ... at the end of a ROPE...sounds interesting but we prefer Firing Squads or the guillotine as #1 suggests.
Any way to get to the FINAL SOLUTION for these SCUM!
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
mc squared 5/28/2026 9:44:40 AM (No. 2109724)
I'm thinking of a widely circulated notice of a hanging would be good, but public? My mind boggles at the hyenas' Facebook and Tik-Tok videos.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
nuclearnavymom 5/28/2026 10:23:41 AM (No. 2109734)
LOL, he is so badass. I'm so glad he is from my great state of Tennessee!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
danu 5/28/2026 5:33:51 PM (No. 2109873)
we agree w/ 14.
the famous movie "night of the hunter" [1955] features a ditty written by robert mitchum's sons:
"Hing hang hung. See what the hangman done. Hung hang hing. See the robber swing."
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