French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence

(www.bbc.com)

375 points begueradj | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 05:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source

Show context

rapsey ◴[22 Oct 25 06:28 UTC] No.45665519[source]▶

>>45665311 (OP) #

So he used money from Libya to get elected and then later he bombed them?

replies(4): >>45665578 #>>45665601 #>>45665959 #>>45666259 #

moralestapia ◴[22 Oct 25 06:38 UTC] No.45665601[source]▶

>>45665519 #

I'll have to read more into this, but it says he just "conspired" to do it, whatever that means.

The solitary confinement part is quite harsh, I've never understood how that is supposed to rehabilitate someone.

In France there's early release, parole, etc. so real time he spends behind bars might be as low as two years.

Edit: The WP article is actually a very interesting read, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_financing_in_the_2007_F...

replies(6): >>45665987 #>>45666021 #>>45666055 #>>45666076 #>>45666084 #>>45666358 #

1. Beretta_Vexee ◴[22 Oct 25 08:42 UTC] No.45666358[source]▶

>>45665601 #

He is in the equivalent of the VIP wing of the only prison in Paris Intramuros (within the city walls), the Prison de la Santé. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Sant%C3%A9_Prison The prison has three main sections: the VIP wing, the night-time incarceration wing (sentence adjustment), and the high-security wing.

As the most serious cases at the national level are often tried in Paris, the high-security wing is filled with drug traffickers, murderers and terrorists, at least for the duration of the proceedings, which can take years in France.

Sarkozy is in the VIP wing with two bodyguards nearby. These are hardly the conditions one would imagine for isolation.

↑