L4sBot@lemmy.worldBBanned from community to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoTIL the design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down12
arrow-up1121arrow-down1external-linkTIL the design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights.en.wikipedia.orgL4sBot@lemmy.worldBBanned from community to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareSaganastic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-23 years agoI wouldn’t be surprised if the botched execution of Mary Queen of Scots was the motivation for the guillotine: https://allthatsinteresting.com/mary-queen-of-scots-execution
I wouldn’t be surprised if the botched execution of Mary Queen of Scots was the motivation for the guillotine: https://allthatsinteresting.com/mary-queen-of-scots-execution