BOTH sides should have a shot at every question.
Kek … there are other, even less polite, ways to hang someone that don't include a short drop and the soft click of a broken neck.
Re-read "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
My point being, that there is no such thing as a non-functional gallows if it includes a noose and a drop … even if you have to get a brute to climb onto the shoulders of the guest of honor.