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'''Hamida Djandoubi''' ({{lang-ar|حميدة جندوبي|Ḥamīda Jandūbī}}; 22 September 1949 – 10 September 1977) was a [[Tunisia|Tunisian]] convicted murderer [[Capital punishment|sentenced to death]] in [[France]]. He moved to [[Marseille]] in 1968, and six years later he [[Kidnapping|kidnapped]], [[Torture|tortured]], and [[Murder|murdered]] 22-year-old Élisabeth Bousquet. He was
== Early life ==
Born in Tunisia on 22 September 1949, Djandoubi started living in Marseille in 1968,
== Allegation of forced prostitution ==
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== Trial and execution ==
After a lengthy pre-trial process, Djandoubi eventually appeared in court in [[Aix-en-Provence]] on charges of [[torture murder|torture-murder]], [[rape]], and premeditated violence on 24 February, 1977. His main defence revolved around the supposed effects of the amputation of his leg six years earlier, which his lawyer claimed had driven him to a [[paroxysm]] of [[alcohol abuse]] and violence,
On 25 February, he was sentenced to death. An [[appeal]] against his sentence was rejected on 9 June. In the early morning of 10 September, 1977, twelve days before his 28th birthday, Djandoubi was informed that he, like the [[Child murder|child murderers]] [[Christian Ranucci]] (executed on 28 July 1976) and [[Jérôme Carrein]] (executed on 23 June 1977), had not received a reprieve from President [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]]. Shortly afterwards, at 4:40 a.m., he was executed by [[guillotine]] at [[Baumettes Prison]] in [[Marseille]].
While Djandoubi was the last person executed in France, he was not the last condemned.<ref name = rfi>{{Citation | title = La dernière exécution capitale date de 30 ans | url = http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/093/article_56265.asp | publisher = Radio France internationale | date = 10 September 2007 }} (French)</ref> No more executions occurred after [[capital punishment in France|capital punishment was abolished in France]] in 1981 following the election of [[François Mitterrand]], and those sentenced to die had their sentences [[Commutation (law)|commuted]].<ref name = nouvelobs>{{Citation|title = Il y a 30 ans, avait lieu la dernière exécution | url = http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualites/societe/20070910.OBS4158/il_y_a_30_ans_avait_lieula_derniere_execution.html | publisher = Le Nouvel Observateur | date = 10 September 2007}} (French)</ref> Djandoubi's death was the last time any Western nation carried out an execution by beheading, as well as the most recent government-sanctioned guillotine execution in the world.
== See also ==
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