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hanging to death

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Also known as death by hanging, accidental hanging, hanging by the neck until dead, hanging

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.

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Hanging is a method of killing someone by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature, and it has been used as a capital punishment since the Middle Ages in many countries. It matters historically because it has been a primary execution method for centuries and remains relevant to understanding both legal punishment practices and suicide prevention.

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Instance of
cause of death
Subclass of
human behavior
Image
Corcoran - DeNeuville 11.jpg
Has use
execution by hanging
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described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Mylopharodon conocephalus
Commons category
Death by hanging
topic's main category
Category:Death by hanging
name
hanged by the neck until dead
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49 sections
Contents
  • Methods of judicial hanging
  • Short drop
  • Pole method
  • Standard drop
  • Long drop
  • As suicide
  • As human sacrifice
  • Medical effects
  • Notable practices across the globe
  • Afghanistan
  • Australia
  • Bahamas
  • Bangladesh
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • Egypt
  • Germany
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Liberia
  • Malaysia
  • Pakistan
  • Portugal
  • Russia
  • Singapore
  • Sri Lanka
  • Syria
  • United Kingdom
  • Silken rope
  • United States
  • Upright jerker
  • Inverted hanging, the "Jewish" punishment
  • Punishment for traitors
  • Elizabethan maritime law
  • Hanging by the ribs
  • Grammar
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

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.

==Methods of judicial hanging== There are numerous methods of hanging in execution that induce death either by cervical fracture or by strangulation.

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