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Article 263
Des sentences, jugemens et arrêts
Titre II:
De la procédure criminelle
(On Criminal Procedure)
Chapitre X:
Des sentences, jugemens et arrêts
(On Sentences, Judgments, and Decrees)
Le sacrement de pénitence sera offert aux condamnés à mort. Un ecclésiastique les assistera jusqu'au lieu du supplice.
Life lesson:
Those sentenced to death are offered the sacrament of confession and accompanied by a clergyman all the way to the execution site — spiritual care until the very end.
Notes:
Religious ministration for condemned: sacrement de pénitence offered. Clerical accompaniment jusqu'au lieu du supplice. Catholic sacramental provision. Spiritual welfare of condemned. Integration of Church and State in criminal procedure. King Henry's Catholic framework.