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2006-06-23 Britain

Britain Extradites Man Convicted in France

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Posted by Fred 2006-06-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Lemme get this straight- the guy plots mass murder and the French shake their tiny, ineffectual fists in the air and demand that he pay with six years in prison? And he has the right to make them try him all over again because he skipped out the first time?

Have our French allies lost all sense of self-preservation? I suppose its a little late to be shocked, but blowing folks up is serious business and they come after him like a petty thief. Mon dieu!

Posted by Baba Tutu 2006-06-23 00:25|| 2006-06-23 00:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Remember, while French prisons have a bit of a problem keeping people imprisoned, they are also acknowledged to be seriously unpleasant residences (worse than Guantanamo, was a recent evaluation). And I think (correction requested from JFM or anonymous5089, please) that the French authorities can also imprison arrestees and those currently on trial...for the duration. According to this article, the bad guyz caught in Germany were held for three years of trial time, then convicted and formally imprisoned. I imagine the French system is much the same...or worse.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-06-23 08:36|| 2006-06-23 08:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Not exactly. When a person is arrested, police can keep him for 24 hours ((96 in terrorism or drugs investigation) before deferring him to the judiciary. But French judiciary is sloooooooooow. Slow as in trial delaying for years. If person is found guilty then the time spent in jail before trial is counted as serving sentence (ie sentenced to five yeasr but two years in jail before trial) then he will serve three additional years.

If he is found innocent or if there was a non-lieu (accusation does not have a sustainable case) then he has some possibilities of getting an indemnification.

I think the accused must be tried before for years or realeased but I am not sure of: haven't been in jail. :-)

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-06-23 14:46|| 2006-06-23 14:46|| Front Page Top

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