Hamida Djandoubi (c. 1949-10 September, 1977) was the last person to be guillotined in France, at Baumettes Prison in Marseille. He was a Tunisian immigrant who had been convicted of the torture and murder of 21-year-old Elisabeth Bousquet, his former girlfriend, in Marseille. Marcel Chevalier served as chief executioner. Born in Tunisia around 1949, Djandoubi started living and working in Marseille, France in 1968, as a packer. Wikipedia
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