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Bookmark or Share- Hanging - WikipediaHanging 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. The first known account of execution by hanging is in Homer 's Odyssey. [1] .
- Execution by Hanging Still Happens in the U.S. -- But Is It Humane? - KTREIn 1993, Washington State executed Westley Allan Dodd, a convicted murderer of three children. He was hanged -- one of only three death-by-hanging executions in this country since the Supreme Court...
- Public execution - WikipediaDuring the 1970s, Liberian president William Tolbert used public hangings as a deterrent against crime, with sixteen convicted murderers hanged between 1971 and 1979. The public execution of the Harper Seven in 1979 over a series of witchcraft-related ritual murders attracted particular attention.
- The Trials & Hanging - The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862On December 26, 1862, 38 Dakota men were hanged at Mankato. At 10:00 am on December 26, 38 Dakota prisoners were led to a scaffold specially constructed for their execution. One had been given a reprieve at the last minute.
- What It Was Like To See An Old West Execution - RankerHangings on the American frontier could be legal or extralegal, depending on the location and the individual. Life in the Old West was harsh, and punishments were equally severe. Outlaws seen in Old West wanted posters could be hunted down by authorities or civilians determined to exercise frontier justice.
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