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Dismantling The Committee's Dictatorship
- After 9 Thermidor the Convention saw ending the Terror as vital and moved to dismantle concentrated power in the Committee of Public Safety.
- Delegates prioritized rotating membership and curbing omnipotence to prevent any future dictatorship.
Legal Reforms End The Great Terror
- Repealing the Law of 22 Prairial and reforming the revolutionary tribunal collapsed the conviction rate and effectively ended the great Terror.
- Executions in Paris fell from 935 in July to six in August, showing immediate legal impact.
Mass Prison Releases And Thomas Paine Freed
- Prison doors opened across Paris and 3,500 people were released in August alone as vague denunciations no longer justified detention.
- Among the freed was Thomas Paine, who had narrowly avoided execution after Robespierre's fall.