Paris, Oct 15, 2024 (AFP) - French court rejects rehabilitation of man guillotined in 1957

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2024-10-15

France's highest appeals court Tuesday rejected restoring "honour" to a man executed in 1957 by guillotine for killing a policeman in an armed robbery, dashing the hopes of his family for an historic rehabilitation. The son of Jacques Fesch, 27, who was guillotined on October 1, 1957, for killing 35-year-old officer Jean-Baptiste Vergne during an armed robbery, had brought the request to the Court of Cassation. But the court ruled that the elemen......

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