Posted: May 31, 2017 at 2:52 pm TIL in 1724 Margaret Dickson was hanged but later found still alive. She then was allowed to go free because under Scots Law her punishment had been carried out. Only later were the words "until dead" added to the sentence of hanging submitted by /u/NekoLuna to r/todayilearned [link] [comments] Source: Reddit: TGIOKDI Upvoted Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment.