the death penalty was abolished, officially ending the use of the guillotine in france in 1981.
the death penalty was abolished, officially ending the use of the guillotine in france in 1981.
when was the death penalty abolished, officially ending the use of the guillotine in france?
1981
in the territories occupied by nazi germany from 1939 to 1945, strangulation hanging was a preferred means of public execution, although more criminal executions were performed by guillotine than hanging. the most commonly sentenced were partisans and black marketeers, whose bodies were usually left hanging for long periods. there are also numerous reports of concentration camp inmates being hanged. hanging was continued in post-war germany in the british and us occupation zones under their jurisdiction, and for nazi war criminals, until well after (western) germany itself had abolished the death penalty by the german constitution as adopted in 1949. west berlin was not subject to the "grundgesetz" (basic law) and abolished the death penalty in 1951. the german democratic republic abolished the death penalty in 1987. the last execution ordered by a west german court was carried out by guillotine in moabit prison in 1949. the last hanging in germany was the one ordered of several war criminals in landsberg am lech on 7 june 1951. the last known execution in east germany was in 1981 by a pistol shot to the neck.
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the 1900s saw the abolition of the death penalty in sweden. at 8 a.m on 23 november 1910, convicted robber and murderer alfred ander was executed by guillotine at långholmen prison. this was the last execution to take place in swedish history, and the first and last time a guillotine was used. the death penalty was officially abolished in 1921 for crime during times of peace. the death penalty for crimes during war-time, however, would not be abolished until 1972. it is worth noting that crime did not increase following the abolition of death penalty.
historical murders and executions in stockholm