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[-] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

Just asking for a friend. Did they stop public beheadings in France.....

( Please note, this is just an awful joke. In no way do I advocate the death sentence. in any shape or form.)

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They did - the last one was in 1977 though, which really isn't that long ago!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamida_Djandoubi?wprov=sfla1

EDIT - wait, you said public beheading. That was in 1939 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Weidmann?wprov=sfla1

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