Posted on Apr 25, 2017
25th April 1792: First execution carried out using the guillotine
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On April 25, 1792, convicted felon Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier became the first person to be executed by the guillotine. While the guillotine became known as a ruthlessly efficient killing machine, its eponym was actually motivated by humanitarian impulses.
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http://www.history.com/news/the-guillotines-first-cut
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Being the first in anything good or bad is a novel experience SGT John " Mac " McConnell. For the second one to be executed to witness the severing of the head and the blood squirting out from veins and pulsing out from arteries must have been a shock.
Some mistakenly think the guillotine was humane. For perspective, ponder using the same needle to inject lethal medications into those to be executed. Initially it is sharp, but over time it becomes duller so that force is needed to break the skin.
The guillotine struck bone as it severed the cervical spine. the blade dulled at points and the gore was not always cleaned off so that the previous victims blood, etc. dripped on the next to be executed. The Reign of Terror was indeed a terror.
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Some mistakenly think the guillotine was humane. For perspective, ponder using the same needle to inject lethal medications into those to be executed. Initially it is sharp, but over time it becomes duller so that force is needed to break the skin.
The guillotine struck bone as it severed the cervical spine. the blade dulled at points and the gore was not always cleaned off so that the previous victims blood, etc. dripped on the next to be executed. The Reign of Terror was indeed a terror.
FYI SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL LTC Stephen C. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Christopher Mueller Capt Tom Brown Capt Seid Waddell CW5 Charlie Poulton SFC William Farrell SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt Robert Marx SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Robert George SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright SP5 Robert Ruck SCPO Morris RamseyCPL Eric Escasio
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They needed someone to test out the new execution machine, good morning John.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
SGT John " Mac " McConnell - remember they had all sorts of forced volunteers, during the French Revolution.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth - Anyone that Ran Afoul of the Committee of Public Safety and wasn't Hard Core enough in their Revolutionary Beliefs, Backsliders or in the Case of the Head of the Committee of/for Public Safety, He Kind of Grew Too Big for His Breeches.
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell
Head of the committee ! Lol ! That is a good one PO1 William "Chip" Nagel I am sure he kept a cool head.... Laffs...
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