Yeah, from an announcement logistics perspective it makes sense. Nobody wants to look like a dummy saying “Ok, at long last, tomorrow you die” and then the hang

Yeah, from an announcement logistics perspective it makes sense. Nobody wants to look like a dummy saying “Ok, at long last, tomorrow you die” and then the hangman calls in sick the next day and you gotta go back to the cell and say “oops, my bad, we gotta reschedule to later in the week.”