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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. Hanging is also a method of suicide.
- 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
Atefeh Rajabi Sahaaleh (Persian: عاطفه رجبی سهاله; September...
- Jenny-Wanda Barkmann
Execution by hanging: Other names "Beautiful Spectre"...
- Suicide by Hanging
Suicide by hanging is the intentional killing of oneself via...
- Hanging in the United States
In 1862 President Abraham Lincoln sanctioned the hanging of...
- Category:People Executed by Hanging
Category. : People executed by hanging. Wikimedia Commons...
- Execution of Saddam Hussein
The execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein took...
- Drawn Backwards
Hanged, drawn and quartered. The execution of Hugh Despenser...
- Harper Seven
Apr 22, 2024 · The primary means of execution in the U.S. have been hanging, electrocution, the gas chamber, firing squad, and lethal injection. The Supreme Court has never found a method of execution to be unconstitutional, though some methods have been declared unconstitutional by state courts.
