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French Guillotine Nearing Demise as Two Get Life
Two French killers receive life terms within 48 hours, fueling abolitionists' push against capital punishment and the guillotine. The article traces the device’s history from its 18th century origins to modern debates and the last executions.
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Paris
France
Patrick Henry
Henry
Robert Badinter
Troyes
Giordanengo
Jean-Louis Pelletier
Aix-En-Provence
Est Eclair
le Quotidien de Paris
Bernard Stasi
Social Democratic Party
National League Against Crime
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
National Assembly
Guillotin
Tobias Schmidt
Antoine Louis
Academy of Surgeons
Nicolas- Jacques Pelletier
Louis-David Collenot d
Revolutionary Tribunal
Charlotte Corday
Place de la Revolution
Place de la Concorde
Charles-Henri Sanson
Louis XVI
Henri
Marie Antoinette
Monsieur de Paris
Monsieurs de Paris
Andre Obrecht
Henri Desourneaux
Desourneaux