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guinness2dear
19 Mar 16 02:52
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Is it still in use in Frogland?

I know 'The Halifax Gibbet' is still in use amomg certain banking institutions so here's hoping...

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By:
Foinavon
When: 19 Mar 16 12:13
No, they stopped cutting people in two in the 1970s.
The terrorists will just have to rot in jail.
By:
guinness2dear
When: 19 Mar 16 14:07
What a shame..
By:
ebulGery
When: 19 Mar 16 15:12
I would like to see the rich introduced to Madam Guillotine myself...

I see them as the true enemies of our society

Still it won't happen in my lifetime..very sad
By:
Roquebrune
When: 19 Mar 16 15:16
What would you consider to be "Rich" please?
By:
ebulGery
When: 19 Mar 16 15:26
Anymore with more money than me....would be quite a few
By:
dunlaying
When: 19 Mar 16 18:33
One of the last to be shortened was Christian Ranucci. A celebrated case covered by a good film and a best selling book by Gilles Perrault called Le Pull-over Rouge. Fascinating stuff. I believe that there is a VM version of the film .
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ebulGery
When: 19 Mar 16 21:05
I would say it was a bit messy afterwards...but was a good clean death and quite efficient

They got through quite a few in the French Revolution
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