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A crowd gathered early to see Joseph-Ignace Guillotin's new invention up close and in person. It was designed to make capital punishment more humane. Convicted robber Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier would be the first to find out how well it worked.
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A crowd gathered early to see Joseph-Ignace Guillotin's new invention up close and in person. It was designed to make capital punishment more humane. Convicted robber Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier would be the first to find out how well it worked.
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