2006-08-16 01:10:47 · 14 answers · asked by govind v 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Lynching is an illegal hanging, usually done by a mob of vigilantes... people taking the law into their own hands.
2006-08-16 01:13:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Lynching is the illegal execution of an accused person by a mob. The term lynching probably derived from the name Charles Lynch (1736-96), a justice of the peace who administered rough justice in Virginia.
2006-08-16 08:15:37 · answer #2 · answered by mom2all 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How is that related to men's health?
This WIKIPEDIA link has full information on a punishment that still happens for people in the South who's on death row.
2006-08-16 08:15:10 · answer #3 · answered by Kristen H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hanging someone without giving them a fair trial
2006-08-16 08:14:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't mean hanging. It means to punish people for some deemed offence without due legal process. It usually, but not always, involves murder.
2006-08-16 08:15:39 · answer #5 · answered by Perplexed Music Lover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hanging someone without proper legal process.
2006-08-16 08:14:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law.
2006-08-16 08:19:35 · answer #7 · answered by sunshine_stan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hanging someone-a crowd will gather and take someone and hang them from a tree until dead-now it's more of an expression when you are being ganged up on somehow like at work.
2006-08-16 08:14:24 · answer #8 · answered by The Riddler 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal sanction.
2006-08-16 14:14:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An unlawful hanging.
2006-08-16 08:15:00 · answer #10 · answered by bookfreak2day 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋