WHAT IS A GUILLOTINE?
Jun 09, 2022
2 minutes
WORDS AILSA HARVEY
or almost two centuries, the guillotine was used as an execution device in capital crimes – crimes that required punishment with the most severe of sentences. It was first used in the 1700s, during a time where executions were commonly held as public events. As an alternative to the
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