Lynching
Lynching is an extrajudicial killing by a group.
Name:
Lynching
Aliases:
Start year:
1936
First issue:
Funny Pages (1936) #3 Vol.I No. III
It is most often used to characterize informal public executions by a mob in order to punish an alleged transgressor, punish a convicted transgressor, or intimidate people. It can also be an extreme form of informal group social control, and it is often conducted with the display of a public spectacle (often in the form of a hanging) for maximum intimidation.
