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Hanging is widely used worldwide for execution |
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Written by DeadGirl
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Monday, 16 August 2004 |
Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, August 13
Hanging, the punishment awarded to Dhananjoy Chatterjee for the rape and murder of a schoolgirl, is the second most widely used method of execution in the world today after shooting.
At least 115 men and five women were hanged in 10 countries during 2002 and at least 99 men and one woman in 2003, according to figures collated by various organisations.
Hanging remains the standard method of execution in many countries besides India, notably Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Pakistan, Bangladesh, several African countries and some West asian countries, including Iran, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and Lebanon.
It is also the lawful method in most Caribbean states and is an option to lethal injection in two US states, Washington and Delaware, which have carried out a total of three hangings since the reintroduction of the death penalty in the US in 1976.
Hanging originated as a method of execution in Persia (now Iran) about 2,500 years ago for male criminals only, while women convicts were strangled "for the sake of decency."
It was the method of choice in many countries as it produced a highly visible deterrent without the blood and gore of beheading.
In early times it was considered ideal because it was the simplest method to carry out, did not give the condemned person a particularly cruel death, by the standards of the day, made a good public spectacle as the prisoner was above the level of the viewers and because the equipment was easy to come by - a tree, a piece of rope and a ladder or cart, being available everywhere.
Later simple gallows replaced the tree and later still trap doors replaced the ladder or cart as a means of getting the person suspended.
Methods such as drowning, bricking up, hurling from heights, crucifixion, breaking on the wheel, stoning and burning were also used in various countries.
Conservative estimates put the number of people hanged worldwide in the last 2,000 years at not less than half a million. From 1800 to 1964, some 5,508 people suffered death by hanging in Britain, while in the US, it is estimated that some 13,000 men and 505 women were hanged from the early 1600s up to 1996.
There are four main forms of hanging -- short or no drop hanging, suspension hanging, standard drop hanging and measures, or long drop hanging. The last one is considered "more humane" than the other three.
Does the convict feel pain?
Those who have witnessed modern hangings say death comes in milliseconds. Autopsy reports also indicate a quick death.
However, according to Harold Hillman, a British physiologist who has studied executions, "the dangling person probably feels cervical pain, and suffers from an acute headache, as a result of the rope closing off the veins of the neck."
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_945846,001301090001.htm
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Taphophilia?
taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)
ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"
DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries
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