L4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL 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.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down11
arrow-up1124arrow-down1external-linkTIL 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.orgL4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareThorny_ThicketlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI believe it’s still among the most reliable tools for the job and actually quite humane. Just a bit messy.
I believe it’s still among the most reliable tools for the job and actually quite humane. Just a bit messy.