Meanings of execution by hanging in English

President Pervez Musharraf rejected his mercy plea in March, but deferred his execution by hanging until April 30 after a request from the Indian government.

The court found that in Iraq, they were "at real risk of being subjected to an unfair trial followed by execution by hanging".

Thousands of African-Americans were victims of lynchings, or extrajudicial public execution by hanging, in Southern states in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Executions by hanging took place every day, but after the first horrible experience nothing would induce me to be a spectator.