On this day in History ...

in history •  7 years ago 

France beheaded its last prisoner. On September 10th 1977, Hamida Djandoubi was executed for the murder and torture of his former girlfriend. He was the last person legally executed by beheading in the Western world. The death penalty was later abolished in 1981.
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Excellent BBC short doc here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csv256?ocid=socialflow_twitter

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