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French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence

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375 points begueradj | 3 comments | 22 Oct 25 05:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.543s | source
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littlestymaar ◴[22 Oct 25 06:36 UTC] No.45665583[source]▶
For context, it's not even the first time he's condemned, but this time the crime was sever enough so he couldn't avoid prison.

He delayed the case enough (almost 13 years) so that he's now more than 70 though and I doubt he stays to long in prison because of his age.

But it's nice to see that he couldn't run away from justice forever and is finally in jail.

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mytailorisrich ◴[22 Oct 25 07:07 UTC] No.45665766[source]▶
He should not be in jail now.

His case is going to appeal but the court decided to still jail him now "provisionally" (exécution provisoire), which sounds like a political play. Coincidentally, the same is happening to Le Pen with respect to the decision to ban her from elections...

As for "delaying" the case, this is just the French court system for you. Everything takes years and years.

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1. oezi ◴[22 Oct 25 08:27 UTC] No.45666260[source]▶
I think speeding up trials and the judiciary in general would be a great benefit for many western democracies.
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2. _ache_ ◴[22 Oct 25 08:35 UTC] No.45666310[source]▶
Speeding is a big word here. It's been 13years already. But I agree with you. And actually Sarkozy was the most pushing politic to support this, not just when it's about him.
3. shmel ◴[22 Oct 25 09:01 UTC] No.45666477[source]▶
I think we can clear the backlog real quick if we use LLM-As-A-Judge =)