Martyr?

However, according to his son-in-law Alain de Bossieu, after the conspirator's conviction, de Gaulle stated four reasons for refusing to alter the sentence. First, Bastien-Thiry had directed his subordinates to fire on a car in which there was an innocent woman present (Madame de Gaulle). Secondly, he had endangered civilians, namely the Fillon family, who had been traveling in a car near that carrying de Gaulle. Thirdly, he had brought foreigners, specifically three Hungarians, into the plot. And finally, and most serious in de Gaulle's eyes, while the other conspirators did the actual firing and had thus placed themselves in some danger, Bastien-Thiry had only directed events from afar.

Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry was executed by firing squad at Ivry-sur-Seine on March 11, 1963, while clutching his rosary. Of the execution, de Gaulle said to an old friend, "The French need martyrs... They must choose them carefully. I could have given them one of those idiotic generals playing ball in Tulle prison. I gave them Bastien-Thiry. They'll be able to make a martyr of him. He deserves it."
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marie_Bastien-Thiry