I was curious about whether the guillotine had ever been used in a US execution. Obviously there haven't been in the modern era and I haven't found one in pre-Furman either. I suppose I found it interesting that France and the US in the past had revolutions that abolished the distinction between lord and commoner and the French opted for beheading people while the US opted for hanging them (and later electric chair etc)
But then I stumbled upon lots of websites repeating this urban legend.
Is there a particular revulsion in the US to the idea of beheading someone which is why it doesn't appear to have been used?
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