In an address to the National Assembly on October 10, 1789, Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotin argued that:
a. It would be best to abolish capital punishment altogether.
b. He hoped for the opportunity to test his machine, in the interests of the New Sciences.
c. The machine he had designed would increase the pain and suffering of a condemned person.
d. The execution of Danton by guillotine had led him to change his own name in protest.
a. It would be best to abolish capital punishment altogether.
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