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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: 0.999s | source
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liendolucas ◴[22 Oct 25 09:13 UTC] No.45666571[source]▶
Why when a high profile politic is sentenced it goes to a 5 star suite while the rest of mortals are thrown to a hole?

It seems that when you cross a certain invisible threshold "justice" applies just a bit differently. Same in Argentina with corrupt and ex-robber Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

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1. msh ◴[22 Oct 25 09:17 UTC] No.45666604[source]▶
Does he have better conditions than any other French persons convicted of a similar crime?
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2. liendolucas ◴[22 Oct 25 09:27 UTC] No.45666667[source]▶
I don't know, but what I do know that "jail" has a very different meaning for me.

In Argentina the lives of people of an entire country have been ruined because of the last 20 years of robbery from the state arcs.

Yet every disgusting politician is out there or has served a laughable sentence. And what do you get in turn after ripping off a country? A home prision benefit.

3. sebstefan ◴[22 Oct 25 09:34 UTC] No.45666711[source]▶
The cell is the same but he is alone in it, most convicts have a cellmate
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4. msh ◴[22 Oct 25 09:45 UTC] No.45666796[source]▶
Not the ones in solitary confinement like him I assume?
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5. sebstefan ◴[22 Oct 25 11:56 UTC] No.45667720{3}[source]▶
His SHU cell has everything the rest of the cells have ; a TV for €14/month, a hot plate, a landline, a shower, a fridge, and on a fixed schedule access to the library and the gym

https://www.tf1info.fr/justice-faits-divers/nicolas-sarkozy-...