• Frog@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Eligible for probation at 13 years and 4 months. I hope he suffers.

    They should’ve thrown out the maximum years for a case like this. They should’ve thrown out parole eligibility too.

    • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de
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      7 hours ago

      If you can throw it out for one case you can throw it out for every case.

      Unlike the US, most countries in the EU - including France - have a justice system that is not attempting to maximize recidivism, which is why maximum sentences exist for every crime except murder.

      Furthermore, at least in Germany the constitutional court ruled that life sentences without the eligibility of parole violate human dignity as such sentences would take away all hope from prisoners which significantly harms them. I wouldn’t be surprised if France had similar rulings.