Hanging Judge is an unofficial term for a judge, whether legally mandated or not (in which case he may rather preside over a lynching), who has gained renown for eagerness to hand out harsh sentences, especially death by hanging.
Reputed cases of the nickname
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- Roy Bean, U.S. Justice of the Peace
- Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie
- George Jeffreys in England
- The Hanging Judges of Manila, known as the Guillotine Club
- Isaac Parker
- Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali
- Henry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton
- Joseph Needham (judge)
Other use
- A track on the Sodom album 'Til Death Do Us Unite
See also
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