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The Second Trial: Dreyfus Guilty Again:
A second court-martial was ordered. Dreyfus was brought back in the middle of the night to escape the "lynch mob" waiting on shore and was spirited under heavy guard to a prison in Rennes. He was again found guilty, but with "extenuating circumstances," and sentenced to ten years in prison. The French Army refused to admit its diabolical deception. |