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French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence

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375 points begueradj | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 05:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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qq66 ◴[22 Oct 25 07:48 UTC] No.45666006[source]▶
So is this a criminal president receiving justice, or a politically motivated prosecution?
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mytailorisrich ◴[22 Oct 25 07:58 UTC] No.45666065[source]▶
Difficult to say.

Even if indeed guilty, things like jailing him "provisionally" despite his appeal are discretionary decisions of the court so also open to all interpretations despite the very black and white comments here...

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1. greatgib ◴[22 Oct 25 09:51 UTC] No.45666838[source]▶
Just to be clear, here the law is just respected. He was the one that pushed the regulations for that. It was a big part of his political speech to say that law should be hard, rules should be enforced for people in his situation to do mandatory time with a very strict justice.

But now he is also the subject of his own policies and it does not like that. Looks like justice is ok just when it is not affecting him personally.

His attitude is totally disgusting and indecent.