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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
Atefeh Rajabi Sahaaleh (Persian: عاطفه رجبی سهاله; September...
- 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
I suspect, based on the OED reference in wikipedia and on the two quotes listed that hanging goes back as far as human law, but the definition of hanging might not be precise. Update OP clarified that he is looking for primary source material.
- Book 22 of the Homeric Odyssey contains a rather graphic description of how Telemachus hanged his father’s unfaithful maidservants. The Odyssey is...
- The first recorded use of judicial hanging is in the Persian Empire approximately 2,500 years ago. 2 [New World Encyclopedia] 1 (Aside: Note that...
- Primitive Norse and Germanic Cultures used ritual hanging to dedicate prisoners to the Gods, Odin or Wotan. From Wikipedia: Odin Worship among the...
Execution Methods. Back to Crime Library. Hanging is quite possibly the oldest execution method still in practice in the modern world. Up to the 1890s, hanging was the primary method of capital punishme.
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. Soon, other states adopted this execution method. Today, electrocution is not used as the sole method of execution in any state.
