Question

What was the grelliotine and who invented it?

Answer 1

The guillotine was introduced to France by Dr.

Joseph Ignace Guillotine, he was not the inventor of the machine only a lobbyist for it.

The idea behind its introduction was to end the spectacle of public torture and to eliminate the severity of pain involved with capital punishment.

Answer 2

It was originally developed as a more humane method of execution. The origins of the French guillotine date back to late-1789, when Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin proposed that the French government adopt a gentler method of execution.