2007-03-14 03:51:34 · 13 answers · asked by Brotherhood 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
It is so sad but it depends on the race of the man. Maybe one day we can get past all that and get over our prejudices on both sides. It is interesting that someone would bring up that question though.
2007-03-14 03:56:31 · answer #1 · answered by H.C.Will 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The difference is more than terminology (BTTW--I'm not in favor of capital punishment).
A lynching isn't justice--it's mob violence--and the victim isn't accorded any sort of due process.
But when we refer to a person being punished by hanging, that (as the term is used generally) implies that the person has "had their day in court"--they've been given a fair trial, with all due process and right of appeal--and is--beyond any reasonable doubt, guilty.
There's a world of difference between that and a bunch of hotheads grabbing someone they "think" is guilty and stringing them up just to satisfy their thirst for vengance.
2007-03-14 11:20:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A hanging is carried out after the legal process is complete, and it ends the life of a bad fellow. A lynching is carried out by vigilantes/terrorists and its purpose is to instill fear and/or take the life of people the group wants dead. Yep.
2007-03-14 11:01:27 · answer #3 · answered by Pearl Jam 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Typically a "hanging" occurs as punishment after a trial through the "judicial" system.
Lynching: To execute without due process of law, especially to hang, as by a mob.
2007-03-14 10:58:23 · answer #4 · answered by TLG 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
in "Justice" that person is convicted by law. "Lynching" is just crazy animals who think they are doing the right thing
2007-03-14 11:04:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Lynching" is not justice. It is ugly mob action, driven by emotion, in denial of Due Process.
2007-03-14 10:58:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
With a lynching there is no trial.
2007-03-14 11:10:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you knew the answer to that before you posted the question.
2007-03-14 11:02:40 · answer #8 · answered by slabsidebass 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having been legally found guilty by a jury of their peers.
2007-03-14 10:59:07 · answer #9 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
either way, I say we ride on Washington DC
I got the rope...
2007-03-14 11:24:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋