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Execution Equipment: Guillotine, Electric Chair, Gas Chamber, Hangman's Knot, Breaking Wheel, Gas Van, Execution Chamber, Dule Tree, Poison

Execution Equipment: Guillotine, Electric Chair, Gas Chamber, Hangman's Knot, Breaking Wheel, Gas Van, Execution Chamber, Dule Tree, Poison


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Guillotine, Electric chair, Gas chamber, Hangman's knot, Breaking wheel, Gas van, Execution chamber, Dule Tree, Poison, Gibbet, Garrote, Execution van, Gallows, Halifax Gibbet, Snake pit, Brazen bull, Maiden, List of execution chambers in the United States, Official Table of Drops, Sword of Justice, Death chair, Tunica molesta. Excerpt: The guillotine (English pronunciation: or; French: ) is a device used for carrying out executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame from which a blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, severing the head from the body. The device is noted for long being the main method of execution in France (where it was invented) and, more particularly, for its use during the French Revolution, when it "became a part of popular culture, celebrated as the people's avenger by supporters of the Revolution and vilified as the pre-eminent symbol of the Reign of Terror by opponents." Nevertheless, the guillotine continued to be used long after the French Revolution in several countries, including France, where it was the sole method of execution until the abolition of capital punishment in 1981. Portrait of Dr. Guillotin The execution of RobespierreOn 10 October 1789, Doctor Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, a French physician, stood before the National Assembly and proposed the following six articles in favour of the reformation of capital punishment: Sensing the growing discontent, Louis XVI banned the use of the breaking wheel. In 1791, as the French Revolution progressed, the National Assembly researched a new method to be used on all condemned people regardless of class. Their concerns contributed to the idea that capital punishment's purpose was simply the ending of life instead of the infliction of pain. A committee was formed under Antoine Louis, ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156770955
  • Publisher: Booksllc.Net
  • Publisher Imprint: Booksllc.Net
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 108
  • Spine Width: 6 mm
  • Weight: 209 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1156770955
  • Publisher Date: 21 May 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Guillotine, Electric Chair, Gas Chamber, Hangman's Knot, Breaking Wheel, Gas Van, Execution Chamber, Dule Tree, Poison
  • Width: 189 mm


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