Was it to make the prisoner more docile or for the benefit of the firing sauad themselves?
(I know this is morbid, sorry. Research for a novel.)
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I read once that it was in part due to superstition, that the persons spirit couldn’t haunt the individual who executed them if they couldn’t identify who did the executing in the first place.
But I suspect it’s there for the practical reason that the executioners didn’t like/want to look someone in the eyes when they killed them.
I don’t know if the person being executed would feel better or worse having the blindfold on.
Would it create more fear from not seeing it coming or would it instill a sense of calm in an otherwise chaotic moment.
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