Later Days
After the Assembly's dissolution, Thouret became a member, and then in 1793 president, of the Court of Cassation. He was included in the proscription of the Girondists, whose political opinions he shared, and was guillotined in Paris during the Reign of Terror, the same day as fellow Constitutional Committee member Isaac René Guy le Chapelier, and defense attourney for Louis XVI, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes.
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