When was the last time the guillotine was used for execution?
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10 September 1977
Hamida Djandoubi
When was the last time the guillotine was used for execution?
Hamida Djandoubi Guillotine Capital punishment in Sweden Capital punishment in France Decapitation Capital punishment in the United Kingdom Capital punishment in Germany Execution of Louis XVI Capital punishment in Canada Ronnie Lee Gardner
Hamida Djandoubi was a Tunisian agricultural worker and convicted murderer. 
He moved to Marseille, France, in 1968 and six years later he kidnapped, 
tortured and murdered 22-year-old Élisabeth Bousquet, his former girlfriend. He 
was sentenced to death in February 1977 and <b>executed</b> by <b>guillotine</b> in ... While 
Djandoubi was the <b>last</b> person <b>executed</b> in France, he was not the <b>last</b>&nbsp;... A <b>guillotine</b> is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out <b>executions</b> by 
beheading. ... It was <b>used</b> for the <b>last time</b>, for the <b>execution</b> of two criminals on a 
single day, on 30 April 1650. A Hans Weiditz (1495-1537) woodcut illustration 
from&nbsp;... Capital punishment in Sweden was <b>last used</b> in 1910, though it remained a legal 
sentence for ... Johan Alfred Ander was the <b>last</b> person <b>executed</b> in Sweden. ... in 
Stockholm using a <b>guillotine</b> (the only <b>time</b> a <b>guillotine was used</b> in Sweden). Capital punishment in France is banned by Article 66-1 of the Constitution of the 
French ... The <b>last execution</b> took place by <b>guillotine</b>, being the main legal 
method since the ... Major French death penalty abolitionists across <b>time</b> have 
included ... <b>The guillotine</b> was first <b>used</b> on Nicolas Jacques Pelletier on 25 April 
1792. Decapitation is the complete separation of the head (Latin: caput) from the body. 
Such an injury ... It was <b>last used</b> when murderer Tahvo Putkonen was <b>executed</b> 
in 1825, the <b>last execution</b> in peacetime in Finland. ... It was replaced by <b>the</b> 
<b>guillotine</b>, which was <b>used</b> for the first and only <b>time</b> on Johan Alfred Ander in 
1910. Capital punishment in the United Kingdom was <b>used</b> from ancient <b>times</b> until the 
second half of the 20th century. The <b>last executions</b> in the United Kingdom were 
by hanging, and took place ... to <b>execution</b> by hanging (including the electric 
chair, gas inhalation, lethal injection, shooting, and <b>the guillotine</b>), but rejected 
them. Capital punishment is prohibited in Germany by constitution. It was abolished in 
West Germany in 1949 and East Germany in 1987. The <b>last</b> person <b>executed</b> in 
Germany was the East German Werner Teske, ... Every year, England and Wales 
<b>executed</b> about sixteen <b>times</b> as many people. While in Prussia the death penalty
&nbsp;... The <b>execution</b> of Louis XVI by means of <b>the guillotine</b>, a major event of the 
French Revolution, ... On Father Edgeworth&#39;s advice, Louis avoided a <b>last</b> 
farewell scene with his family. At 7 o&#39;clock he confided his <b>last</b> wishes to the priest
. His royal&nbsp;... Capital punishment in Canada dates back to Canada&#39;s earliest history, including 
its period as a French colony and, after 1763, its <b>time</b> as a British ... The <b>last</b> 
<b>execution</b> in Canada was the double hanging of Arthur Lucas and Ronald Turpin 
on ... Ont. in November 1890 seems to be the <b>last time</b> a device of this kind was 
<b>used</b>. Ronnie Lee Gardner (January 16, 1961 – June 18, 2010) was an American 
criminal who ... The <b>execution</b> of Gardner at Utah State Prison became the focus 
of media ... admired Lucas, who <b>used</b> his stepsons as lookouts while burglarizing 
homes. ... Gardner said his <b>time</b> in foster care was the most stable period of his 
life&nbsp;...
10 September 1977
Guillotine