the last time the guillotine was used in france was on 10 september 1977.
when was the last time the guillotine was used in france?
10 september 1977
the guillotine remained france's standard method of judicial execution until the abolition of capital punishment in 1981. the last person to be executed in france was hamida djandoubi, who was guillotined on 10 september 1977. this was also the last time that the government of a western nation ever executed an individual by beheading.









































section::::precursors.
guillotine
the only recorded use of the guillotine in north america took place on the french island of st. pierre in 1889, of basque-born assassin carlos zuzuarregui, with a guillotine brought in from guadeloupe. in the caribbean, it was used more routinely in guadeloupe and martinique, the last time in fort-de-france in 1965.









































in 1996 in the us, georgia state representative doug teper unsuccessfully sponsored a bill to replace that state's electric chair with the guillotine.









































in recent years, a number of individuals have died by suicide using a guillotine which they had constructed themselves.









































section::::controversy.
guillotine