Category:Execution methods

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Subcategories

This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.

Executions by method (29 C)

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Asphyxia (4 C, 7 P)

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Crucifixion (2 C, 9 P)

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Decapitation (4 C, 27 P)
Drowning (2 C, 11 P)

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Guillotine (1 C, 2 P)

H

Hanging (4 C, 11 P)

L

Lethal injection (2 C, 13 P)

P

Poisons (15 C, 43 P)

S

Starvation (2 C, 14 P)
Strangling (2 C, 5 P)

Pages in category "Execution methods"

The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

List of methods of capital punishment

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Qajar coffee

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Upright jerker

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Waist chop

v t e Capital punishment
Current judicial methods	Hanging Shooting firing squad Lethal injection Nitrogen hypoxia Electrocution Gas chamber Beheading Stoning
Ancient and post-classical methods	Damnatio ad bestias Blood eagle Blowing from a gun Brazen bull Boiling Breaking wheel Burial Burning Crucifixion Crushing Decimation Disembowelment Dismemberment Drowning Republican marriage Elephant Falling Flaying Garrote Gibbeting Guillotine Hanged, drawn and quartered Immurement Impalement Ishikozume Mazzatello Sawing Scaphism Slow slicing Stoning Suffocation in ash Upright jerker Waist chop
Related topics	Enforcement or use by country Most recent executions by country Crime Death row Executioner list Scharfrichter Final statement Last meal Penology List of methods Religion and capital punishment Wrongful execution Botched execution Resolutions concerning death penalty at the United Nations Capital punishment for drug trafficking Capital punishment for homosexuality