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It needs to be noted that it's not the norm in France either. The court chose to send him to jail until the appeal because of the "exceptional gravity" of his b

It needs to be noted that it's not the norm in France either. The court chose to send him to jail until the appeal because of the "exceptional gravity" of his behavior, which came to a surprise for many. He will most likely ask the courts to review the execution of the sentence until the appeal in the next few days.

cccbbbaaa 1y ago
> It needs to be noted that it's not the norm in France either. 85% of prison sentences of more than two years also carry “exécution provisoire”: https://www.justice.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/migrations/portail/art_pix/RSJ2021_Chapitre12.pdf https://www.justice.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/migrations/p... (page 2). Sentences of more than 2 years are not the norm though. > He will most likely ask the courts to review the execution of the sentence until the appeal in the next few days. He already did.
darkamaul 1y ago
Sarkozy was convicted for "association de malfaiteurs" (criminal conspiracy) related to allowing associates to meet with Libyan officials to discuss covert campaign financing for his 2007 election. Remarkably, while convicted of conspiracy, he was acquitted on the actual underlying charges. The tribunal acknowledged no direct evidence linked Sarkozy to receiving or handling the funds and that the disputed flows weren't established as having served his campaign. Yet the conviction rested on a "bundle of concordant indices" rather than established facts. The irony: Sarkozy spent his political career advocating for tougher criminal laws and harsher punishments. The "association de malfaiteurs" law was reintroduced in 1986, and he championed its application throughout his tenure. Now he's imprisoned under the very provision he helped expand—convicted on evidence of intent to prepare a crime rather than proof of an actual crime, exactly the kind of broad prosecutorial power he once argued was necessary. He got bitten by his own sword.
- SiempreViernes 1y ago
  "Hoisted by his own petard" would be a more appropriate saying to invoke.
  - chasil 1y ago
    That is a quote from Hamlet, but it has a very odd literal meaning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoist_with_his_own_petard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoist_with_his_own_petard

cccbbbaaa 1y ago

> It needs to be noted that it's not the norm in France either. 85% of prison sentences of more than two years also carry “exécution provisoire”: https://www.justice.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/migrations/portail/art_pix/RSJ2021_Chapitre12.pdf https://www.justice.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/migrations/p... (page 2). Sentences of more than 2 years are not the norm though. > He will most likely ask the courts to review the execution of the sentence until the appeal in the next few days. He already did.

darkamaul 1y ago

Sarkozy was convicted for "association de malfaiteurs" (criminal conspiracy) related to allowing associates to meet with Libyan officials to discuss covert campaign financing for his 2007 election. Remarkably, while convicted of conspiracy, he was acquitted on the actual underlying charges. The tribunal acknowledged no direct evidence linked Sarkozy to receiving or handling the funds and that the disputed flows weren't established as having served his campaign. Yet the conviction rested on a "bundle of concordant indices" rather than established facts. The irony: Sarkozy spent his political career advocating for tougher criminal laws and harsher punishments. The "association de malfaiteurs" law was reintroduced in 1986, and he championed its application throughout his tenure. Now he's imprisoned under the very provision he helped expand—convicted on evidence of intent to prepare a crime rather than proof of an actual crime, exactly the kind of broad prosecutorial power he once argued was necessary. He got bitten by his own sword.

SiempreViernes 1y ago
"Hoisted by his own petard" would be a more appropriate saying to invoke.
- chasil 1y ago
  That is a quote from Hamlet, but it has a very odd literal meaning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoist_with_his_own_petard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoist_with_his_own_petard