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Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature. Hanging has been a common method of capital punishment since the Middle Ages, and is the primary execution method in numerous countries and regions. The first known account of execution by hanging is in Homer 's Odyssey. [1]
- Harper Seven
The public hanging of the Harper Seven on 16 February 1979....
- List of People Who Died by Hanging
This is a list of people who died as a result of hanging,...
- Atefeh Sahaaleh
Death by hanging Atefeh Rajabi Sahaaleh ( Persian : عاطفه...
- Jenny-Wanda Barkmann
Public execution of Stutthof concentration camp personnel on...
- Suicide by Hanging
Suicide by hanging is the intentional killing of oneself via...
- Hanging in the United States
Hanging has been practiced legally in the United States of...
- Harper Seven
Hanging, execution or murder by strangling or breaking the neck by a suspended noose. Traditional methods involve suspending victims from a gallows or crossbeam or having them fall through a trapdoor until stopped by a rope tied around their neck, which breaks the cervical vertebrae.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Lethal Injection. In 1977, Oklahoma became the first state to adopt lethal injection as a means of execution, though it would be five more years until Charles Brooks would become the first person executed by lethal injection in Texas on December 2, 1982.
- Electrocution. Seeking a more humane method of execution than hanging, New York built the first electric chair in 1888 and executed William Kemmler in 1890.
- Gas Chamber. In 1924, the use of cyanide gas was introduced as Nevada sought a more humane way of executing its condemned prisoners. Gee Jon was the first person executed by lethal gas.
- Firing Squad. On March 23, 2015, firing squad was reauthorized in Utah as a viable method of execution if, and only if the state was unable to obtain the drugs necessary to carry out a lethal injection execution.
Hanging is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a noose or cord tied in a "Hangman's knot" wrapped around the neck, causing death. The knot in the noose is intended to jerk the victim's head back sharply enough to break the neck. Throughout history it has been used as a form of capital punishment.
May 13, 2015 · Hanging is perhaps the quintessential American punishment. In the pre-revolutionary era, criminals were also shot, pressed between heavy stones, broken on the wheel, or burned alive. (An...
