Sentence examples for hanging a man from inspiring English sources

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That would arguably have been a greater deterrent than hanging a man who had planned anyway to die.Curiously, too, this week has seen a spate of executions in South Asia.

Among other things the film reveals that the business of hanging a man is not nearly the gloomy enterprise that its has generally been considered but is really alive with the spirit of good, clean fun.

It was 1973, the Troubles were at their savage worst, and hanging a man, Willie Whitelaw, the Northern Ireland secretary, later explained, "would only succeed in promoting the mayhem and killings".

It did not mention a video posted online that purports to show Hama protesters hanging a man, apparently a security policeman found among mourners at a funeral on Saturday.

Seale writes that reports of torture included hanging a man naked, whipping him until he was unconscious, reviving him with cold water, then rubbing salt or chili powder into his wounds.

"Hanging a man who is unable even to stand would be a new low for Pakistan's death penalty system, and a clear violation of the country's constitution," Maya Foa, director of the death penalty team at the international human rights organization Reprieve, said in a statement.

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In Anglesey and Caernarfonshire 'gware gwr gwyllt' - playing straw man - or 'crogi gwr gwellt' - hanging a straw man - were a common sight on May Eve.

In another high profile death sentence case, Pakistan's authorities have stayed the execution of paralyzed inmate Abdul Basit four times, in part because they have had trouble figuring out the logistics of hanging a paraplegic man.

"I am honored to be hanging near a man who gave me the greatest gift possible, unconditional love," the younger Bush said of his dad, getting choked up.

For the last radio episode of "The Road of Life" in 1959, he left at least three cliffhangers hanging, including a man on the verge of realizing that the man he had just shot was his father.

The roomy space inside them protected the genitals from friction and the occasional bump from all the things hanging from a man's belt, including swords, daggers, and hard purses.

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