Lincoln Crown Court is a judicial facility in Lincoln, England. It is located on the western side of the grounds of Lincoln Castle and is a Grade II* listed building.
Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature. Hanging has been a standard method of capital punishment since the Middle Ages, and has been the primary executio
Detail from a painting by Pisanello, 1436–1438
Execution of guards and kapos of the Stutthof concentration camp on 4 July 1946 by short-drop hanging. In the foreground are the female overseers: Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Ewa Paradies, Elisabeth Becker, Wanda Klaff, Gerda Steinhoff (left to right).
Mass execution using "pole-hanging" of Serbs by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1916
The execution of Henry Wirz in 1865; Wirz was given a standard drop, which did not break his neck