http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/25/1792-nicolas-pelletier-first-executed-guillotine/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:49:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/25/1792-nicolas-pelletier-first-executed-guillotine/#comment-12327 ExecutedToday.com » 1803: Johannes Bückler, “Schinderhannes” Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:50:24 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=232#comment-12327 [...] with French law came French execution technology, whose proliferation in the train of Napoleon’s Grande Armee would bequeath the German [...] [...] with French law came French execution technology, whose proliferation in the train of Napoleon’s Grande Armee would bequeath the German [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/25/1792-nicolas-pelletier-first-executed-guillotine/#comment-11835 ExecutedToday.com » 1789: The murderers of the baker Francois Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:52:12 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=232#comment-11835 [...] tumbrils may not have been running (actually, the Revolution’s iconic execution device had not yet even been created), but the “October Days” had enough to scare you, especially if you were a sensible [...] [...] tumbrils may not have been running (actually, the Revolution’s iconic execution device had not yet even been created), but the “October Days” had enough to scare you, especially if you were a sensible [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/25/1792-nicolas-pelletier-first-executed-guillotine/#comment-6697 ExecutedToday.com » 1977: Hamida Djandoubi, Madame Guillotine’s last kiss Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:03:07 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=232#comment-6697 [...] first, when the guillotine was introduced, it was public sensation and executioners became celebrities with special edition postcards in [...] [...] first, when the guillotine was introduced, it was public sensation and executioners became celebrities with special edition postcards in [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/25/1792-nicolas-pelletier-first-executed-guillotine/#comment-3979 ExecutedToday.com » 1697: Godfrey McCulloch, the last man to die on the maiden Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:06:13 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=232#comment-3979 [...] was beheaded on the Maiden, a guillotine precursor that automated the chopping [...] [...] was beheaded on the Maiden, a guillotine precursor that automated the chopping [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/25/1792-nicolas-pelletier-first-executed-guillotine/#comment-3164 ExecutedToday.com » 1793: Madame du Barry, who hated to go Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:49:51 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=232#comment-3164 [...] the case that if more clients of the national razor had displayed such naked humanity to onlookers, the guillotine’s technical and social capacity for mass butchery might have been [...] [...] the case that if more clients of the national razor had displayed such naked humanity to onlookers, the guillotine’s technical and social capacity for mass butchery might have been [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/25/1792-nicolas-pelletier-first-executed-guillotine/#comment-2444 ExecutedToday.com » 1315: Enguerrand de Marigny, on Montfaucon Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:47:41 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=232#comment-2444 [...] on their own petard. These stories are not always dependable — contra rumor, for instance, Dr. Guillotin was not guillotined — and today’s protagonist may not have a firm hold on this small [...] [...] on their own petard. These stories are not always dependable — contra rumor, for instance, Dr. Guillotin was not guillotined — and today’s protagonist may not have a firm hold on this small [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/04/25/1792-nicolas-pelletier-first-executed-guillotine/#comment-1680 ExecutedToday.com » 1890: William Kemmler, only in America Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:59:52 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=232#comment-1680 [...] Edison also opposed the death penalty. Like Dr. Guillotin, he was doing his part for humanity in the meantime … just with a little skin in the game. [...] [...] Edison also opposed the death penalty. Like Dr. Guillotin, he was doing his part for humanity in the meantime … just with a little skin in the game. [...]

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