Pierre Truche (1 November 1929 – 21 March 2020) was a French magistrate. He notably prosecuted Klaus Barbie during his trial in 1987.

Biography

Truche began his judicial career as a deputy judge in

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

. He later worked in

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and

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

. He presided over the

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cases in 1972 and Lyon's false invoices in 1974. He served as director of studies at the

French National School for the Judiciary The French National School for the Judiciary ( French: ''École nationale de la magistrature'' or ENM) is a French ''grande école'', founded in 1958 by French President Charles de Gaulle and the father of the current French Constitution, Michel D ...

from 1977 to 1978 before serving on the Court of Appeal of Grenoble until 1982. He then worked as Prosecutor in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

, Lyon, and in the Court of Appeal of Paris. From 1992 to 1996, he worked as Prosecutor General at the Court of Cassation, and from 1996 to 1999, he served as President of the court. Truche was the first President of the Association française pour l'histoire de la justice. He was a member of the

Syndicat de la magistrature The Syndicat de la Magistrature (SM; English: Magistrate's Union) is France's second largest magistrates' trade union in terms of membership after the more conservative Union syndicale des magistrats. Political positions Close to the left-wing pa ...

. Pierre Truche died of cancer on 21 March 2020 at the age of 90.

Decorations

*Grand Cross of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...

(2016)

Works

*''L'Anarchiste et son juge'' (1994) *''Juger, être jugé : le Magistrat face aux autres et à lui-même'' (2001)

References

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