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* In 1954, during the controversy surrounding [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] and the [[Oppenheimer security hearing|allegations that he posed a security risk]] to the [[United States Atomic Energy Commission|Atomic Energy Commission]], journalists [[Joseph Alsop|Joseph]] and [[Stewart Alsop]] wrote an article for ''[[Harper's Magazine]]'' titled "We Accuse!", in which they defend Oppenheimer as the victim of a petty grudge held by AEC chairman [[Lewis Strauss]].<ref>Alsop, J., & Alsop, S. [http://www.harpers.org/archive/1954/10/0006744 "We Accuse!"] ''Harper's'' (October 1954).</ref>

* The film ''[[I Accuse!]]'', starring [[José Ferrer]] as Dreyfus, was released In 1958.

* In 1961, during the trial of [[Adolf Eichmann]], head prosecutor [[Gideon Hausner]] used the phrase in his opening statement.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eichmann's handwritten clemency plea released in Israel |url=httphttps://www.jta.org/2016/01/27/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/eichmanns-handwritten-clemency-plea-released-in-israel|date=27 January 2016|access-date=12 March 2016|work=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]}}</ref>

* In 1982, ''[[Commentary (magazine)|Commentary Magazine]]'' editor [[Norman Podhoretz]] used the title {{lang|fr|"J'Accuse"}} for an article blaming [[antisemitism]] for allegedly excessive criticism of [[Israel]] during [[1982 Lebanon War|the 1982 Israel-Lebanon war]].<ref>{{Cite web |first=Norman |last=Podhoretz |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722122700/http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/j-accuse-6602 |archive-date=2012-07-22 |url=http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/j-accuse-6602 |title=J'accuse |work=[[Commentary (magazine)|Commentary Magazine]]|date=September 1982}}</ref>

* Also in 1982, [[Graham Greene]] published ''{{lang|fr|italic=unset|J'Accuse}}: The Dark Side of Nice'' in which he declared that organised crime flourished in [[Nice]] because the city's upper levels of civic government protected judicial and police corruption.<ref>{{cite web |last=Eder |first=Richard |title=On the Riviera, A Morality Tale by Graham Greene |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/02/20/specials/greene-riviera.html |work=The New York Times |date=5 February 1982 |access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref>