Claude Gueux is issued as a public tale against the scaffold and prison factory
In 1834 Claude Gueux appeared as a public narrative against capital punishment and prison cruelty. In the causal graph this event strengthens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — a worsening welfare path.
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In 1834 Claude Gueux appeared as a public narrative against capital punishment and prison cruelty.
Context
Two anti-scaffold books are two instruments.
Victor Hugo’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.
Why it matters
1834 is not 1829.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Victor Hugo
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.55 · verified
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactClaude Gueux is issued as a public tale against the scaffold and prison factory
- strengthensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
- strengthensIndicators (4)Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score
impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 January 1834 · verified
- Worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.36 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.72)
Observed
43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.
Normal is zero · any amount = worse
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.35 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.7)
Observed
0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.34 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.69)
Observed
0.62 score from 0 to 1 · 0.25 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.37 score from 0 to 1 to 0.62 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = better
All indicators on this path (4)
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.3)
Observed
42.5 index score (0-100) · 7.53 below the normal line (2025)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Britannica — Victor HugoEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
- 2.Gallica — Bibliothèque nationale de FranceBibliothèque nationale de France · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Gallica and Britannica independently include Claude Gueux in the anti-death-penalty file.
Established: 1834 public Claude Gueux. Not established: a unique execution-count change in 1834.
Contribution type is direct.
Later museums, UNESCO listings, Loeb reprints, and 2024–2025 COP or NATO rows are not this event. Responsibility 0.55 and influence 0.55 bound the path; they are not a personality score. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here. Readers should open both named URLs.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorVictor Hugo
- contributed toFactClaude Gueux is issued as a public tale against the scaffold and prison factory
- strengthensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
- strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score
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Factrail. (2026). Claude Gueux is issued as a public tale against the scaffold and prison factory. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/hug-claude-gueux-1834
https://factrail.ai/facts/hug-claude-gueux-1834
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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