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Beheading became an accepted method of execution in the [[Roman Empire]]. Roman law held it a more dignified form of punishment appropriate to a Roman citizen convicted of a capital offense.
 
Beheading became an accepted method of execution in the [[Roman Empire]]. Roman law held it a more dignified form of punishment appropriate to a Roman citizen convicted of a capital offense.
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The most famous specialized form of beheading was, of course, the [[guillotine]], the "National Razor" of [[France]] from the [[French Revolution]]ary era to 1977.
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The most famous specialized form of beheading was, of course, the [[guillotine]], the "National Razor" of [[France]] from the [[French Revolution]]ary era to 1977. The guillotine was widely used by Nazi executioners of Jews and Catholics and minorities before and during the implementation of a policy of gassing victims to death ''en masse'' by the thousands.
    
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[[Category:Law]] [[Category:Crime]][[Category:Terrorism]]
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