haʊˈɛvɚ, baɪ ðˈɛn ˌɛksɪkjˈuːʃənɚz pəzˈɛst sˌʌm dɪskɹˈɛʃən æz tə hˌaʊ mˈʌtʃ ðə kəndˈɛmd ʃˌʊd sˈʌfɚ bᵻfˌoːɹ dˈɛθ.
However, by then executioners possessed some discretion as to how much the condemned should suffer before death.