sep 12, 1793 - Law of Suspects introduced

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#### Law of Suspects

- **introduced September 1793 by NC**
- response to pressure from sans-culottes + Paris Commune
- all **suspects within territory shall be placed in custody**
- **vauge** definition of suspect - **open to abuse**
- **suspects**
- supporters of tyrany or federalism
- those unable to prove their livelihood or civic duty
- those refused a certificate of patriotism by WC
- dismissed / suspended civil servants not reinstated by NC
- former nobles + relatives of emigres - not constantly supporting the revolution
- whose who emigrated from 1789 even if they returned
- law open to abuse
- not publically wearing a revolutionary cockade could lead to arrest
- **PC drew up list of grounds of suspicion**
- crime to not be enthusiastic enough about revolution
- people conformed out of fear
- **Persecutions**
- WCs + RMs —> ensure arrests were made
- in Paris
- **50 new prisons**
- **2k suspects detained**
- by next summer
- **300k detainees across France**
- majority never brought to trial + survived the terror
- **but - as many as 10k perished while imprisoned**

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