Strangling

thumb|Detail from a painting by Pisanello, 1436–1438 Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature. Hanging has been a standard method of capital punishment since the Middle Ages, and has been the primary execution method in numerous countries and regions. As a form of execution, it is commonly practiced at a structure called a gallows. The first known account of execution by hanging is in Homer's Odyssey. Hanging is also a common method of suicide.

thumb|225px|A cheetah strangling an [[impala, Timbavati Game Reserve, South Africa]] Strangling or strangulation is the compression of the neck leading to an increasingly hypoxic state in the brain, which can lead to unconsciousness or even death. Fatal strangulation typically occurs in cases of violence, accidents, and is one of two main ways that hanging causes death (alongside breaking the victim's neck).

thumb|A 1901 execution at the old Manila City Jail|Bilibid Prison, [[Manila, Philippines]]