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'''Hanging''' was an [[execution]] method in which a person's [[neck]] would be broken by a [[noose]] tied to [[gallows]]. An individual employed to hang [[criminal]]s was known as a [[hangman]]. | '''Hanging''' was an [[execution]] method in which a person's [[neck]] would be broken by a [[noose]] tied to [[gallows]]. An individual employed to hang [[criminal]]s was known as a [[hangman]]. | ||
In [[1651]], [[Sam Swift]] was meant to be hanged at [[Tyburn]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Lived]]'') | In [[1651]], [[Sam Swift]] was meant to be hanged at [[Tyburn]]. When he was pardoned, the crowd was upset, and wanted the [[Twelfth Doctor]] to hang instead. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Lived]]'') | ||
In [[1692]], several people in [[Salem Village]] were sentenced to be hanged for [[witch]]craft, including [[John Proctor]] and [[Rebecca Nurse]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Witch Hunters]]'') | In [[1692]], several people in [[Salem Village]] were sentenced to be hanged for [[witch]]craft, including [[John Proctor]] and [[Rebecca Nurse]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Witch Hunters]]'') | ||
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On [[Varos]] in the late [[23rd century]], the [[Governor of Varos|Governor]] regularly used the threat of hanging to elicit last-minute confessions from his subjects. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'') | On [[Varos]] in the late [[23rd century]], the [[Governor of Varos|Governor]] regularly used the threat of hanging to elicit last-minute confessions from his subjects. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'') | ||
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