Lesson 4:Trial and

Execution
BsCriminology 2A
Group 2
November 20, 1896
-the onset ofpreliminary investigation
of Rizal's case.
-He was accused of being the main organizer of the
revolution by having proliferated the ideas of
rebellion and of founding illegal organizations.
-Rizal pleaded not guilty and even wrote a manifesto
appealing to the revolutionaries to discontinue the
uprising.
Lt. Luis Taviel de Andrade
-Rizal's lawyer
-tried his best to save Rizal.
December 26, 1896
-the trial ended and the sentence
was read.
-Jose Rizal was found guilty and
sentenced to death by firing
squad.
Mi Ultimo Adios
-which was about his farewell to the
Filipino people.
December 29, 1896,
-his mother and sisters visited him
Rizal gave away his remaining possessions. He
handed his gas lamp to his sister Trinidad and
murmured softly in English, "There is something
inside". Eventually, Trining and her sister Maria
would extract from the lamp the copy of Rizal's
last poem.
At 6:30 in the morning of December 30, 1896, Rizal,
in black suit with his arms tied behind his back,
walked to Bagumbayan. The orders were given and
shots were fired. Consummatum est! (It is finished!)
Rizal died offering his life for his country and its
freedom.