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== Prominent People Who Were Hanged == | == Prominent People Who Were Hanged == | ||
| − | [[Dietrich Bonhoeffer]] | + | *[[Dietrich Bonhoeffer]] |
| − | [[John Brown]] | + | *[[John Brown]] |
| − | [[Adolf Eichmann]] | + | *[[Adolf Eichmann]] |
| − | [[Charles Guiteau]] | + | *[[Charles Guiteau]] |
| − | [[Nathan Hale]] | + | *[[Nathan Hale]] |
| − | [[Saddam Hussein]] | + | *[[Saddam Hussein]] |
| − | [[William Joyce]] | + | *[[William Joyce]] |
| − | [[William Kidd]] | + | *[[William Kidd]] |
[[category:law]] | [[category:law]] | ||
Revision as of 02:59, August 6, 2007
Hanging is the suspension of a person by the neck by a looped rope or other cord. It is a common form of execution throughout history, as well as a common means of suicide.
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.