In a very recent posting, one of the girls about to be executed by firing squad is forced to open her mouth and someone reaches in to tightly tie her tongue. It looks very uncomfortable and would probably make speech difficult or impossible. Is this typically done in real life?
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At first, I thought that tying the tongue could be to keep it from swelling up and being undignified after death. But after research, I think it was just a humiliating part of the punishment, like being gagged. It would make the tongue numb, keeping the prisoner from being able to talk with her comrades during transport to the execution site. It would also prevent her from cursing or begging for mercy.
I was curious what the dialogue was. This website does a great job picking out the Chinese characters. https://www.onlineocr.net/ (and Google translate)
For example, you can see the girl's last thoughts: "This must be a dream. very scary. Hurry up and wake up!"

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