Die Guillotine und die Erfindung der Humanität

In 1791, the decision was taken in France to keep the death penalty in force & but there was a demand for it to be made more humane. From 1792 onwards, the guillotine provided an apparatus that was intended to satisfy this requirement. The guillotine was used for the last time only as late as 1977. What led Joseph-Ignace Guillotin in 1789 to make a name for himself as an expert on the issue of sta...