Halakhah for Sanhedrin 90:7
אמר שמואל נקטעה יד העדים פטור מאי טעמא דבעינא (דברים יז, ז) יד העדים תהיה בו בראשונה וליכא
he [the condemned] goes free. Why so? — Because it is necessary that The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XVII, 7. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> which is here impossible. But according to this, if they were without hands from the outset,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before they testified. ');"><sup>13</sup></span>
Sefer HaChinukh
To hang one who is liable for hanging: That we were commanded to hang one who is liable for hanging by the court. And it is known that all those who are hung are first stoned. And about this it is stated (Deuteronomy 21:22), "and you shall hang him on a pole." And the law of hanging is with a blasphemer and one who worships idolatry only - like the words of the sages in the chapter [entitled] Nigmar HaDin (Sanhedrin 45b), who argue against that [position] of Rabbi Eliezer, who says [that] all those who are stoned are hung.
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