How Is It Hanging: The Suspense Behind Suspension

Ishaan Deepak Joshi, MIT-WPU, Faculty of Law

ABSTRACT

Hanging is the process of executing someone by dangling someone from the neck using a rope or noose. Since the Medieval Times, hanging has been a prevalent technique of capital punishment, and it is still the predominant way to kill in many nations and areas. Homer's Odyssey contains the first documented story of a hanging death. Suicide can also be accomplished via hanging. Hanging is a type of asphyxiation due todeath induced by suspending of the person by a noose that engulfs the neck, with the body's own weight acting as a compressing force. The reason for death in a hanging is determined by the circumstances surrounding the act. When the person is dropped from a reasonably high position, severe damage toward the upper part spinal cord is the most common cause of death. The injuries that result is exceedingly varied. According to one research, only a tiny percentage of judiciary sentenced hangings resulted in fractures in the cervical spine area, with 50% of such fractures having the characteristic "hangman's fracture" i.e., the C2 Vertebra's pars interarticularis fractured bilaterally. Correlating current observation with autopsy findings simplifies the study of corpses in hanging situations. The linkage of exterior, internal, & microscopic discoveries make it simple to develop a definitive judgement in these circumstances. It also aids in distinguishing between various forms of hanging. This Article endeavors to classify various types of hangings, and the telltale signs that differentiate suicidal and homicidal hangings as well as post mortem and ante mortem hanging.