execution by hanging

  • 21hanging — n 1. gibbeting, lynching, Inf. swinging. Inf. necktie party, execution. 2. suspension, pendency, pensility, pendulousness, drooping, dangling. 3.Often hangings drapery, curtain, tapestry, arras; pictures, paintings, artwork. See drapery. adj 4.… …

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  • 22hanging in chains — In atrocious cases it was at one time usual, in England, for the court to direct a murderer, after execution, to be hanged upon a gibbet in chains near the place where the murder was committed. Its legality was declared by acts in 1751 and 1828,… …

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  • 23hanging in chains — In atrocious cases it was at one time usual, in England, for the court to direct a murderer, after execution, to be hanged upon a gibbet in chains near the place where the murder was committed. Its legality was declared by acts in 1751 and 1828,… …

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  • 24hanging — A method of execution of the death penalty. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 613. Suspending a person convicted of a capital offense by the neck until he is dead, as the penalty for such an offense …

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  • 25death by hanging — n. execution by hanging; execution by suspending by the neck (from a gallows, gibbet, etc.) …

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  • 26Unexpected hanging paradox — The unexpected hanging paradox is an alleged paradox about a prisoner s response to an unusual death sentence. It is alternatively known as the hangman paradox, the fire drill paradox, or the unexpected exam (or pop quiz) paradox.Despite… …

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  • 27Death by Hanging — (Kōshikei) Directed by Nagisa Ōshima Produced by Nakajima Masayuki Takuji Yamaguchi …

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  • 28Dispute about Jesus' execution method — This article is about different views on the form of the gibbet used in the Crucifixion of Jesus. For supposed relics of a Cross, see True Cross. Part of a series on the Death and resurrection of Jesus Passion Last Supper Arr …

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  • 29Barlow and Chambers execution — Infobox Criminal subject name = Kevin Barlow image size = image caption = date of birth = place of birth = date of death = July 7, 1986 place of death = Pudu Prison, Malaysia alias = conviction = Drug trafficking penalty = Death status = Executed …

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  • 30Wrongful execution — Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues Debate · …

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