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Conviction of Treason
- When
- 22 December 1894
- Where
- Military court, Paris
Dreyfus was summarily convicted in a closed court martial on 22 December 1894 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The trial opened on 19 December 1894, with a closed court pronounced immediately. Newspapers justified the closed court as necessary to avoid a casus belli. On 22 December, Dreyfus was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island in French Guiana.
Sources
- Alfred Dreyfus Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-07
- Dreyfus affair Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-08
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