The military intended to hold an early trial and gain an acquittal before the right-wing press could pick up the issue. Instead, political pressure increased and the defendant was found guilty of espionage and sentenced to li
The military intended to hold an early trial and gain an acquittal before the right-wing press could pick up the issue. Instead, political pressure increased and the defendant was found guilty of espionage and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. He was later pardoned by the President of France after his brother and a number of journalists campaigned on his behalf. The most famous of these advocates was Émile Zola, who published "J'accuse!" in defense of, for 10 points, what Jewish colonel in the French army?
The military intended to hold an early trial and gain an acquittal before the right-wing press could pick up the issue.
Alfred {Dreyfus}