The phrase hung, drawn and quartered would seem to be an exception to the phenomenon of "hanged" being the only form for that form of execution. However, a Google NGrams …
b: to suspend by the neck until dead —often hanged in the past Thus the past tense of "hang" in the execution sense is "hanged" but if this is to happen in the future, is it He will be hung Or …
I would use "hangs". "Gets hanged" is inappropriate and awkward, saying that the software has been executed by hanging, and "gets hung" invokes a slang expression regarding the size of sexual …
Usage For centuries, hanged and hung were used interchangeably as the past participle of hang. However, most contemporary usage guides insist that hanged, not hung, should be used …
Don‘t forget capital crimes whose sentences pronounced by a judge once upon a time did come with wordings like “shall be hanged from the neck until dead” and such. That one is a “real” …
It is said that clothes can be hung but men are hanged. Is this correct, and if so, why?
I use 'hung' for computers, pictures, and stockings, and 'hanged' for people, except in the phrase 'hung, drawn, and quartered'.
The use of "hanged" in this context is entertaining. Up until about a hundred years ago, "I'll be hanged" was a fairly common euphemism for "I'll be damned". It was an effective euphemism …
Hung vs Hanged: “going to be hung” or “going to be hanged”?