Editing Paul Touvier (section)

== Fugitive ==
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By 1966, implementation of his death sentence was barred based on a 20-year [[statute of limitations]]. Attorneys for Touvier filed an application for a pardon. They requested that the lifetime ban on leaving the country and the confiscation of goods linked to [[capital punishment]] be lifted. In 1971, French President [[Georges Pompidou]] granted Touvier the pardon.

Pompidou's pardon caused a public outcry. This increased when it was revealed that most of the property which Touvier claimed as his own had allegedly been seized from deported Jews.

On 3 July 1973, [[Georges Glaeser]] filed a complaint against Touvier, charging him with crimes against humanity, which had no statute of limitations. Glaeser accused Touvier of ordering the execution of seven Jewish hostages at [[Rillieux-la-Pape]] near [[Lyon]], on 29 June 1944 in retaliation for the murder of [[Philippe Henriot]], the Vichy Government's Secretary of State for Information and Propaganda, which had occurred the previous evening. After being indicted, Touvier disappeared again. Years of legal maneuvering ensued through his lawyers until a [[Warrant (law)|warrant]] was issued for his arrest on 27 November 1981.