In 1973, Hamida Djandoubi tried to force his lover, Élisabeth Bousquet, a twenty-one-year-old girl he had met while hospitalized, to prostitute herself, but she reported him. Djandoubi was arrested and spent several months in prison. In July 1974, Djandoubi kidnapped Bousquet and tortured her, putting out several cigarettes on her breasts and genitals in front of two girls who were prostituting themselves for him. Élisabeth managed to escape on foot, but Djandoubi caught up with her and strangle

On this day in history in 1977, the guillotine is used for the very last time. Believe it or not, the guillotine was considered to be one of the more humane methods of execution of the time. It was used for nearly two centuries until it was outlawed in France in 1981, when the death penalty was abolished altogether. #Guillotine #FrenchRevolution | Honest History