The stoning place was elevated twice the height [of a man]. One of the witnesses shoves him by his hips; [if] he falls onto his chest, he is turned onto his hips. If he dies from this, it is sufficient; if not, the second [witness] takes the stone and throws it upon his chest. If he dies from this, it is sufficient; if not, his stoning is by all of Israel, as it is stated: The hand of the witness-es shall be upon him first to put him to death, and the hand of the entire nation afterward.  All those who are stoned are hanged; [these are] the words of R’ Eliezer. The Sages say: No one is hanged except for the blasphemer and the idolater. A man is hanged facing the people, and a woman facing the gibbet; [these are] the words of R’ Eliezer. But the Sages say: A man is hanged but a woman is not hanged. Said R’ Eliezer to them: Did not Shimon ben Shatach hang women in Ashkelon? They said to him: He hanged eighty women, and one may not try [even] two in one day.  How do they hang him? They sink a post into the ground, with a beam protruding from it. He places his two hands one upon the other, and hangs him. R’ Yose says: The post is leaned against the wall, and he hangs him in the way that butchers do it.   They release him im-mediately. If he is left overnight, this constitutes a transgression of a negative commandment, as it is stated: And you shall not leave his body hanging overnight for you shall bury him on that day, for one who is hanged is [like] a curse to Hashem, etc.; that is to say, why was this person hanged? Because he blasphemed Hashem; thus the name of Hashem is profaned.