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French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence

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375 points begueradj | 4 comments | 22 Oct 25 05:49 UTC | HN request time: 1.255s | source
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oulipo2 ◴[22 Oct 25 08:16 UTC] No.45666191[source]▶
We, French, are very proud of having put an ex-President in jail, for his crimes of having tried to whitewash a dictator responsible for the death of more French people than the Bataclan terror attacks in exchange for money.

This person humiliated our country, and we're glad our justice put him behind bars

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1. wiether ◴[22 Oct 25 08:41 UTC] No.45666356[source]▶
I'm a "half empty" kind of person and seeing how much support he's still getting is quite sad to see.

Karine Le Marchand expressing her support is one thing, identifiyng herself as being part of the same caste as Sarkozy, but seeing the same support from regular folks, who have most certainly been screwed over by the ex-President...

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2. Beretta_Vexee ◴[22 Oct 25 08:52 UTC] No.45666415[source]▶
It's amazing how all these conservatives who want to be tough on crime change their minds when it comes to one of their friends.
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3. pyrale ◴[22 Oct 25 09:52 UTC] No.45666847[source]▶
I'm re-reading The Truth, from Terry Pratchett, and Lord de Worde's definition of criminal is really fitting here: to him, a criminal is a poor person, belonging to the criminal social class. For the elite, justice is to be served if they need it, and when they order it.
4. oulipo2 ◴[22 Oct 25 11:06 UTC] No.45667342[source]▶
The "support" seems to be mainly "engineered" by billionaire-owned media