Crimes That Made History

Albert Soleilland: A Case for the Death Penalty (1907) (1x2)

Air date: Oct 03, 2017

Paris, January 1907. Albert Soleilland is accused of the rape and murder of a little girl - Marthe. The press details every step of the case as if it was a show. As early century France was on the verge of abolishing the death sentence, that infamous crime set the abolitionist cause back decades - the media massively and eagerly asked for his execution.