I suspect one of the reasons for executing and replacing with a double…is it's a hardball tactic…the condemned is executed so no chance of a prisoner swap…
Not the game the elites are use to…no negotiations….
"Baron Louis de Rothschild was held captive by the Nazis after the Anschluss of Austria in 1938 and was released only after his family paid a ransom of $21 million, which is considered one of the largest ransom payments in history. This payment was made following negotiations between the Rothschild family and the Nazis."