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<p>Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a <a href="/facts/Noose/z9k7qFeJ">noose</a> or <a href="/facts/Ligature_strangulation/b8sSMTpx">ligature</a>. Hanging has been a standard method of <a href="/facts/Capital_punishment/4pbmeUIb">capital punishment</a> since the <a href="/facts/Middle_Ages/RqzEKB9v">Middle Ages</a>, and has been the primary execution method in numerous countries and regions. The first known account of execution by hanging is in <a href="/facts/Homer/Xw8Ur53U">Homer</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Odyssey/tVTrA6nu">Odyssey</a></i>. Hanging is also a <a href="/facts/Suicide_by_hanging/XrKwycE3">method of suicide</a>. </p>