the French have a machine that cuts off heads—Time to dust it off.
http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/last-public-execution-guillotine-france-1939/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypq3CqU0384
The last non-public execution in France was a muslim:
http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2013/10/20-minutes-to-death-record-of-last.html