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... view the documents regarding the Paris High Court’s verdict on Lavoisier and finally breathed a sigh of relief—15 years of imprisonment, without the immediate death sentence typically favored by the Jacobins.
Indeed, Lavoisier’s crimes did not meet the standards for beheading. During the Reign of Terror in France, he was unlucky enough to lose his life simply because there were only verdicts of “innocence” or “death.”
Joseph weighed his options with difficulty. Lavoisier could no ...
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