▲ 124 ▼ TIL the design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights. (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 3 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [B] to c/til@lemmy.world 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Cortell@lemmy.world 20 points 3 years ago (1 child) I’ll take guillotine over hanging any day permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 years ago I believe it's still among the most reliable tools for the job and actually quite humane. Just a bit messy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 years ago I believe it's still among the most reliable tools for the job and actually quite humane. Just a bit messy. permalink fedilink source parent