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การลงประชาทัณฑ์

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การลงประชาทัณฑ์

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Also known as lynch law

Lynching is an extrajudicial killing by a group. It is most often used to characterize informal public executions by a mob in order to punish an alleged or convicted transgressor or to intimidate others. It can also be an extreme form of informal group social control, and it is often conducted with the display of a public spectacle (often in the form of a hanging) for maximum intimidation. Instances of lynchings and similar mob violence can be found in all societies.

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Lynching is an extrajudicial killing carried out by a mob, typically used as a form of punishment for an alleged crime or to intimidate others, often displayed publicly as a spectacle. It matters because it represents a breakdown of legal systems and formal justice, serving as an extreme and deadly form of informal group social control that has occurred across all societies.

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Instance of
manner of death
Named after
Charles Lynch
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Lynching-1889.jpg
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Commons category
Lynchings
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Category:Lynching
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Lynching
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WikiProject Human rights
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partially coincident with
frontier justice
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