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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › HangingHanging - Wikipedia

    Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature. Hanging has been a common method of capital punishment since the Middle Ages, and is the primary execution method in numerous countries and regions. The first known account of execution by hanging is in Homer 's Odyssey. [1]

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_people_who_died_byList of people who died by hanging - Wikipedia

    Rosli Ahmat, Wan Kamil Mohamed Shafian and Ibrahim Mohamed, the three Singaporean robbers executed for robbing and killing taxi driver Koh Ngiap Yong and moneychanger Jahabar Sathick. (25 October 2002) Khwan-On Natthaphon, a Thai carpenter found guilty of murdering a taxi driver and sentenced to death by hanging (27 September 2002) Mona Fandey ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Execution_of_Saddam_HusseinExecution of Saddam Hussein - Wikipedia

    The execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein took place on 30 December 2006. Saddam was sentenced to death by hanging, after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal for the Dujail massacre —the killing of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites in the town of Dujail —in 1982, in retaliation for an assassination attempt ...

  4. deathpenaltyinfo.org › executions › methods-ofDescription of Each Execution Method | Death Penalty ...

    • Lethal Injection. In 1977, Oklahoma became the first state to adopt lethal injection as a means of execution, though it would be five more years until Charles Brooks would become the first person executed by lethal injection in Texas on December 2, 1982.
    • Electrocution. Seeking a more humane method of execution than hanging, New York built the first electric chair in 1888 and executed William Kemmler in 1890.
    • Gas Chamber. In 1924, the use of cyanide gas was introduced as Nevada sought a more humane way of executing its condemned prisoners. Gee Jon was the first person executed by lethal gas.
    • Firing Squad. On March 23, 2015, firing squad was reauthorized in Utah as a viable method of execution if, and only if the state was unable to obtain the drugs necessary to carry out a lethal injection execution.

  5. www.britannica.com › topic › hangingHanging | Definition, History, Death Penalty, & Lynching

    lynching. hanging, execution or murder by strangling or breaking the neck by a suspended noose. The traditional method of execution involves suspending victims from a gallows or crossbeam until they have died of asphyxiation. In another common method, persons to be hanged stand on a trapdoor, and, when the trap is released, they fall several ...

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

  6. deathpenaltyinfo.org › executions › methods-of-executionMethods of Execution | Death Penalty Information Center

    Apr 22, 2024 · The primary means of execution in the U.S. have been hanging, electrocution, the gas chamber, firing squad, and lethal injection. The Supreme Court has never found a method of execution to be unconstitutional, though some methods have been declared unconstitutional by state courts. The predominance of lethal injection as the preferred means of ...

  7. deathpenaltyinfo.org › facts-and-research › historyEarly History of the Death Penalty

    The first recorded execution in the new colonies was that of Captain George Kendall in the Jamestown colony of Virginia in 1608. Kendall was executed for being a spy for Spain. In 1612, Virginia Governor Sir Thomas Dale enacted the Divine, Moral and Martial Laws, which provided the death penalty for even minor offenses such as stealing grapes, killing chickens, and trading with Indians.