出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/01/09 19:26 UTC 版)
Marcel Chevalier (28 February 1921, Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine – 8 October 2008, Vendôme) worked as the last executioner (Monsieur de Paris) in France. He succeeded André Obrecht in 1976 and held his position until 1981, when capital punishment was abolished under president François Mitterrand and justice minister Robert Badinter. The method of application of the death penalty for civil capital offences in France 1791-1981 was beheading with the guillotine. Military executions were by firing squad.