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Public execution was stopped in 1868 as too many people saw it as inhumane and it no longer acted as a deterrent to other criminals. Entertainment Huge crowds would gather for a public hanging.The condemned person was insulted and pelted with rotten fruit by the crowds gathered.
31. Jan. 2014 · There are some people still alive today who were present at the last public execution in France. Actor Christopher Lee, for instance. In the early morning of 17 June 1939, Eugène Weidmann bowed down before the blade of the guillotine, the last person to do so publicly.
Moderator Announcement Read More ». 1. PaperbackBuddha. • 3 yr. ago. Perhaps the last public one, but the last execution by guillotine in France was in 1977. 52. johnmrson. • 3 yr. ago. When I was in Paris a few years ago there was a restaurant that had a guilotine in the corner which was apparently "used".
10. Juli 2022 · Traditionally, public executions were meant to show the perils and direct consequences of disobeying the law. President Albert François Lebrun said that Weidmann’s execution had awakened the base animal instincts of the people and created a mob mentality. It was the last public execution via guillotine to take place in France.
The last public execution in France took place on June 17, 1939 when serial murder Eugen Weidmann was guillotined outside the Prison St. Pierre in Versailles. Seven days later, on June 24, 1939, France passed a law requiring executions be performed privately. The last French guillotining was on September 10, 1977 when torture-murderer Hamida ...
