When did France stop using capital punishment?

Question: When did France stop using capital punishment!?

Is the guillotine like the main thing of capital punishment or something!?-(is capital punishment the same thing as using the guillotine!?)Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Fran?ois Mitterand's government abolished the death penalty in 1981!.
By law, the guillotine was the only method of capital punishment for civilians (the military could use the firing squad)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

On September 10, 1977, Hamida Djandoubi was guillotined, the last person executed in France!.
France abolished capital punishment in 1981!.

Capital punishment is punishment by death for a crime; otherwise known as the death penalty!.

All forms of legal murder as a punishment is capital punishment including:
guillotine
firing squad
electric chair
lethal injection etcWww@QuestionHome@Com

Beheading by guillotine was one of the first methods of capital punishment - that is for crimes against the country!. France abolished the use in 1981!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

France abolished capital punishment in 1981!. The guillotine was one form of capital punishment!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

1977 was the last time someone was executed in France!.Www@QuestionHome@Com