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French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence

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375 points begueradj | 5 comments | 22 Oct 25 05:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.271s | source
1. franze ◴[22 Oct 25 08:16 UTC] No.45666187[source]▶
Fyi: Austria had a "tough on crime" minister of the interior who ended up in a jail he ceremoniously inaugurated himself.
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2. croisillon ◴[22 Oct 25 14:44 UTC] No.45669903[source]▶
about six months instead of * check notes * 4 years
3. 12_throw_away ◴[22 Oct 25 19:20 UTC] No.45673873[source]▶
Sounds about right tbh - any politician claiming they want to be "tough on crime" invariably (and ironically) means "I'm going to break some laws that apply to me in order to punish some out-group".
4. cenamus ◴[22 Oct 25 19:27 UTC] No.45673980[source]▶
Which one was that?
5. ginko ◴[22 Oct 25 20:25 UTC] No.45674701[source]▶
The only Austrian minister that went to jail I can think of was Grasser and he was minister of finance.

edit: Ah right, there was Strasser. The Schüssel government sure was great.