Didn't we invent a device that took care of this problem? About 300 years ago?
*230 years ago. But nobody uses guillotines anymore. The Saudis use a sword.
That was my point, why be so barbaric even in the method of execution, when we created a cleaner solution for this back in the day of the horse and buggy?
Happened to Mishima when his second couldn't cut after he'd opened up his belly.
Used to happen a lot at the end of a long beheading workday.