The idea behind the guillotine is this: If you’re going to execute someone, you may as well do it efficiently and humanely, at least by 18th-century standards. Decapitating the condemned with an ax or ...

Hamida Djandoubi smoked a few cigarettes in the last moments before he was executed by guillotine in a Marseilles prison, the ultimate punishment for killing his former lover, Elisabeth Bousquet.

Originally designed by Dr. Antoine Louis back in the late 18th century, the guillotine is one of the few design classics you don’t really want to have first-hand insight into. As part of a new ...

Islam Makhachev warns Dustin Poirier not to jump the guillotine when they fight. Makhachev (25-1 MMA, 14-1 UFC) defends his lightweight title against Poirier (30-8 MMA, 22-7 UFC) in the UFC 302 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NANTES, France – A 19th century guillotine in perfect working order goes up for auction in France on Thursday and is expected to fetch up to $82,000, the ...

“Elections are not an effective model for change,” the Oakland, California-based Riley, who has become one of the Occupy movement‘s most distinct voices, told Wired by e-mail. “None of the progressive ...