This BFMTV episode explains the historic revision trial of Raymond Mis and Gabriel Tiennot, convicted in the 1940s for killing a gamekeeper in Indre. The segment focuses on their retracted confessions, allegations of torture, the meaning of a procès en révision, and why the July 2 ruling could formally end the case if the convictions are annulled.
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This episode is a legal-history explainer built around the Raymond Mis and Gabriel Tiennot case, which reached a revision hearing on June 11 and awaits a decision on July 2. The host frames the discussion around two questions: what a procès en révision is for, and how such a hearing works when the original defendants are no longer alive. Elisa Fernandez gives the factual background. In late 1946, the gamekeeper Louis Boitard disappeared in the Indre and was found dead two days later. Police quickly focused on a group of hunters, including Raymond Mis and Gabriel Tiennot, both 19 at the time. After eight days in custody, they initially denied involvement but later confessed in January 1947. …
The immediate setup is binary: the July 2 ruling is the decisive catalyst, with the main risk being a denial that leaves the convictions in place. If the court annuls the case, the story moves quickly into full posthumous rehabilitation.
Over the next few weeks, the base case is that the decision will determine whether this becomes a reference case for revision law involving alleged torture. The key confirmation signal is formal annulment; the main invalidation is a refusal to reopen the legal outcome.
Structurally, the transcript points to a long-running regime where historical convictions can still be undone when procedure is shown to be corrupted. The lasting thesis is that legal systems may eventually prioritize procedural legitimacy over inherited finality, especially in cases marked by torture allegations.
Because Raymond Miss and Gabriel Tienot are dead, if their convictions are annulled there will be no retrial and the court's decision will be final.
The lawyer says no new assize trial is possible since the defendants are deceased, so annulling the convictions would be the last step.
The defense believes the investigation was tainted by torture and that the confessions obtained in custody make the procedure invalid.
The lawyer argues the confessions were extracted under torture and says the procedure is 'viciée' because the investigators used violence.
A revision trial can definitively annul a conviction, but if the convicted people are alive it normally sends the case back for a new trial.
The speaker explains that the court of revision can cancel a conviction irrevocably and, in ordinary cases, must remit the case to a trial court.
À quoi sert un procès en révision et que permet-il juridiquement ?
L'avocat explique qu'un procès en révision permet d'obtenir l'annulation définitive d'une condamnation. Il précise toutefois que cette annulation ne dispense pas forcément d'un nouveau jugement, sauf ici où les condamnés étant décédés, aucun renvoi n'est plus possible.
Comment s'est déroulée l'audience du 11 juin ?
Maître Blard dit avoir plaidé l'après-midi avec son associé pour les ayants droit. Il décrit un travail très technique de relecture du dossier de 1946-47, procès-verbal par procès-verbal, en l'absence de témoins et d'experts de l'époque.
Quel est l'intérêt d'un tel procès alors que les deux accusés sont décédés ?
L'avocat répond que l'enjeu est d'abord la mémoire de Raymond Miss et Gabriel Tienot, afin que leur innocence puisse être reconnue. Il ajoute qu'il s'agit aussi d'un enjeu pour la justice elle-même et qu'une annulation pourrait faire jurisprudence pour d'autres dossiers marqués par des aveux extorqués sous la torture.
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