The guillotine was the preferred method of execution during France's "Reign of Terror" in the 1790s. But the origins of this ...

Did Dr. Joseph Guillotin invented the guillotine, and was he later executed with one of those machines?

So let's bring back the guillotine—and once it forces us to confront the barbarity of needlessly killing people who pose no threat to us, let's abolish the death penalty.

Marie Antoinette remains infamous for her decadent spending, but what extravagances did the last queen of France really spend ...

Jeremy Mercer’s “When the Guillotine Fell,” a history of the device and capital punishment in general, uses Djandoubi’s crime — the brutal torture and murder of a 22-year-old woman ...

From there, the guillotine would reign for another two centuries: It remained the standard means of execution for condemned civilians in France until the death penalty was abolished in 1981.

NANTES, France – A 19th century guillotine in perfect working order goes up for auction in France on Thursday and is expected to fetch up to $82,000, the auctioneers said. The wood, iron, steel ...

So that a few words about the guillotine, of which one hears much these days, may be timely. Of the two guillotines in France to-day, one is for service in the capital, the other in the provinces.

A CAREER OF CRIME CLOSED.; THE GUILLOTINE ENDS THE LIFE OF MATTHIAS HADELT AT VALENCE. Share full article July 6, 1892 The New York Times Archives ...

Myth: Joseph Guillotin, inventor of the guillotine, was beheaded by the very device he had introduced during the Terror, the period of political instability that followed the French Revolution.