Zaak Coucke En Goethals
The case of Jan Coucke and Pieter Goethals stands as a significant chapter in Belgian legal history, highlighting issues of justice, language, and cultural identity. In 1860, these two Flemish men were sentenced to death for the murder of widow Dubois in Couillet, near Charleroi. Their trial, conducted entirely in French-a language neither of them … Read more