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hanging to death
Sign in to saveAlso 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.
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
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- Methods of judicial hanging
- Short drop
- Pole method
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- Upright jerker
- Inverted hanging, the "Jewish" punishment
- Punishment for traitors
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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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