Guillotine execution

Last public execution by guillotine, France in 1939

At 3:30 p.m. on April 25, 1792, a robber and killer named Nicolas Pelletier became the first person to be executed using a guillotine.

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Final Guillotine Execution in Sweden: A 1910 True Crime Story - An incredible historical milestone was noted in Sweden on this day back in 1910, signifying an important turning point in their judicial record. Johan Alfred Ander, accused and judged responsible for the brutal and shocking murder of a clerk named Victoria Hellsten during a robbery, was the last individual in Sweden to be executed by the guillotine....https://darkstories.com.au/on-this-day-in-true-crime-history-23rd-november/

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While the guillotine became known as a ruthlessly efficient killing machine, its eponym was actually motivated by humanitarian impulses.

This original report, made by a reporter who witnessed the guillotine execution of Danvers, is the first mention I have found on the bloodiness and spurting that results after a person’s head is lopped off. It is the reason why the head executioner and his assistants wore black pants and long, black coats. It was

Hamida Djandoubi was beheaded by guillotine on September 10th, 1977, the last execution to be carried out in the nation of France.

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80 years ago, a crowd gathered for what was to become the last public execution by guillotine in France — a grim spectacle that was captured on film.