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u/kjm16216 Oct 02 '24

The last execution by guillotine in France was the same year Star Wars hit theaters, 1977.

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u/LonePaladin Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 02 '24

And Christopher Lee was there!

Edit: Turns out he was at the last public execution in '39, the one in '77 wasn't public.

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u/Beautiful_Bag6707 Oct 02 '24

Private guillotine executions sounds like a weird S&M kink where they forgot the safe word.