the last person executed by guillotine was in 2008.
who was the last person executed by guillotine?
2008
pelletier was the first person to be executed by guillotine. after the establishment of the revolutionary tribunal on 10 august, the guillotine moved to the tuileries palace. executions were held either at the place du carrousel before the palace or the place de la révolution beyond its garden. the revolutionary tribunal executed just 28 people; the vast majority were for violent crimes like pelletier's, unlike the subsequent reign of terror.









































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bullet::::- hamida djandoubi, the last person to be executed by guillotine in france in 1977.
nicolas jacques pelletier
bullet::::- last person executed in peacetime in finland: tahvo putkonen, 1825, beheaded with axe for murder









































bullet::::- last person hanged in finland: taavetti lukkarinen, 1916, at oulu. he was hanged for high treason under czarist russian martial law. instead of gallows, he was hanged in a pine tree. the tree is today protected as a memorial.









































bullet::::- last person executed for a civilian crime in finland: toivo koljonen, 1943, by firing squad for six murders.









































bullet::::- last woman executed in finland: martta koskinen, 1943, by firing squad for espionage and high treason.
capital punishment in finland