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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...desperadoes took over the courtroom, said Journalist and Hostage Dominique Guillet upon his release a few hours later, "there was a surreal moment when the hostage takers became the magistrate and the jury." That seemed to be precisely what the leader of the criminal gang, Defendant Georges + Courtois, 38, had in mind when he demanded that television cameras be brought into the courtroom. "You have been judging me," the gaunt Courtois said with icy calm. "Now it is our turn to judge you." Waving a pistol and smoking a cigar, he launched into a lengthy harangue, warning that the "slightest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Trial By Terror | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

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