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Devil’s Island former French penal colony off French Guiana. [Fr. Hist.: NCE, 754] See : Banishment Devil’s Island Guiana island penal colony (1852–1938); Alfred Dreyfus among famous prisoners there. [Fr. Hist.: NCE, 754] See : Imprisonment How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In July 1906, France's Cour de Cassation (Supreme Court) overturned the treason conviction of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a French Jewish army officer who had spent five years on Devil's Island for high treason and an additional seven years trying to clear his name. Three escaped convicts from Devil's Island may not be the sort of guardian angels you want dropping in for the Christmas holidays--especially if one of them keeps misplacing his pet viper. hominivorax was first found to be infesting people in the penal colony of Devil's Island in French Guiana in 1858. |
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