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According to the simple reading of the passage in Sefer Devarim (21:22), someone who receives a death penalty will subsequently be hanged (and removed by nightfall). This reading of the Torah is rejected by both Rabbi Eliezer and the Ḥakhamim in the Mishna. Rabbi Eliezer restricts it to people who are condemned to death by stoning; the Ḥakhamim limit it further, only to people who are killed for blasphemy or idol worship. Another disagreement between the tanna’im relates to hanging women.
We explore the method of stoning and types of capital crimes.