hanging to death
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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- 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.