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Although it is still used in some countries, in the [[United States]], it has declined in use throughout the 20th century after other means of execution, such as the electric chair, gas chamber, and more recently, [[lethal injection]], became more prevalent. The last person to be legally hanged in the United States was Billy Bailey in [[Delaware]] in 1996, and he will almost certainly be the last.
Although it is still used in some countries, in the [[United States]], it has declined in use throughout the 20th century after other means of execution, such as the electric chair, gas chamber, and more recently, [[lethal injection]], became more prevalent. The last person to be legally hanged in the United States was Billy Bailey in [[Delaware]] in 1996, and he will almost certainly be the last.
== Prominent People Who Were Hanged ==
[[Dietrich Bonhoeffer]]
[[John Brown]]
[[Adolf Eichmann]]
[[Charles Guiteau]]
[[Nathan Hale]]
[[Saddam Hussein]]
[[William Joyce]]
[[William Kidd]]
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