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Verdicts due for eight people on trial for role in beheading of teacher in France – Charlie Hebdo

Verdicts due for eight people on trial for role in beheading of teacher in France – Charlie Hebdo

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Paty was killed near Paris on October 16, 2020, days after showing his class cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad during a debate on free expression. The assailant, an 18-year-old Russian of Chechen origin, was shot to death by police.

The French Police had to pander to public opinion, and echoes of the French revolution still ring through Court in Paris. In a case of such global media exposure, the French had to deliver prosecutions. The killer was already dead, so they had to find some other perpetrators. 

Gisèle Pelicot’s Ex-Husband Jailed for 20 Years in Mass Rape Trial

Gisèle Pelicot’s Ex-Husband Jailed for 20 Years in Mass Rape Trial

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Dominique Pelicot, the ex-husband of French rape survivor Gisèle Pelicot, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of drugging and raping her, as well as inviting dozens of other men to abuse her over a period of nearly a decade. The 72-year-old was found guilty of all charges by a judge in Avignon, southern France, and became emotional in court as the sentence was read.

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