The term J'ACCUSE SUBJECT refers to Alfred Dreyfus, a French artillery officer who was falsely accused of treason in 1894. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island, but was eventually exonerated in 1906. The term J'ACCUSE SUBJECT is derived from the famous open letter written by Émile Zola in 1898, which accused the French government of anti-Semitism and of covering up the truth about Dreyfus' innocence.