when someone is put to death by hanging?

Question

Do they die instantly? Are they in alot of pain?

Answer 1

Their neck breaks, their autonomic nervous system shuts down, and they feel no pain.

The rope does not break their neck, the fall does.

When all people die, their bowels and bladder release, no matter what the manner of their deaths.

Answer 2

The intet behind hanging is that one's neck is broken with a clean, quick jerk of the noose. This severes the spinal column at the base of the skull which results in death. I doubt there is much pain since I imagine the nerves that send pain to the brain are severed. In any circumstance death ultimately results when the brain stops receiving oxygen. With hanging, I imagine the noose also stops any remaining blood flow to the brain by constricting the jugular vein, thus stopping any remaining flow of blood to the brain. So while it may be possible that immediately after the neck is broken and the noose is taught the person is STILL ALIVE, he will probably be unconcious and will be dead before he has a chance to regain conciousness.

However, there is a chance that the neck does not break and the person dies slowly from strangulation, which usually occurs from having a rope that's too short.

Answer 3

No you don't die instantly. You can guarantee there is a lot of pain too, unless it's a long hard drop which sometimes results in decapitation.

Death is usually caused in minutes by a cutting off of the arterial blood flow to the brain and/or blocking the breathing pathway between lungs, nose and mouth.

Definitely an unpleasant way to die, but a lot better than being drawn and quartered I bet.

Answer 4

Now, they die quickly and without pain, because once their neck breaks, they are no longer to feel any pain since they are dead. However, their necks did not always break immediately. Back in the day, before it was understood better, sometimes the way the person fell, they could sit there and struggle and yes the pain was the most intense ever.

Answer 5

Neck is broken instantly when the whole weight of the body is placed upon it. From there, the spinal cord snaps right there.

While the heart may beat for a while and body may twitch, the brain is in extreme shock that it can not process the input it is receiving.

The consensus is, that the person who is being hung won't feel a thing other than a twitch.

Answer 6

Sometimes they do suffer a little pain but most of the time it kills them instantly and they feel nothing. WHen it snaps the neck you wont feel anything but if they tie it incorrect or something like that it could casue a mess up. it will feel like a bad rope burn but then its like drowning.

Answer 7

Well they would be in some pain. They are being strangled to death. As the blood remains trapped in their heads they would feel an immense pressure from there neck to the top of their skull. This would cause some blood vessels to burst in their eyes and afterwards, they'd die.

Answer 8

if it goes right, the force from the fall breaks the neck instantly. as 4 pain, i doubt it. but lets hope so n the case of saddam

Answer 9

Most of the time they die from a broken neck. Some of the time the neck does not break and they asphyxiate. Just depends on the circumstances.

Answer 10

we both they would first be in a lot of pain and also they would die instantly as well