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Medora Mayor Wants Hanging Approved

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MEDORA, N.D. (AP) - The mayor of the southwest North Dakota tourist town of Medora is seeking permission for a hanging.

Mayor Doug Ellison wants to erect a gallows on his property to stage mock hangings, and he has volunteered to be the first "victim." The Dickinson Press reports that he has taken his request to the city's Planning and Zoning Commission, but the jury is still out.

Ellison says the hanging demonstrations would be safe and professional, and in the spirit of the Old West's frontier justice. He says, "I'm not going to hang random people."

Planning and Zoning Commissioner Mary Griffin-Abrahamson says she wants the hanging display fenced and under lock and key. Ellison says he will comply.

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