Sarkozy convicted by French court in campaign financing case

[TexasTowelie]

Source: AP

PARIS (AP) — French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was convicted Thursday and sentenced to a year of house arrest for illegal campaign financing of his unsuccessful 2012 reelection bid, will appeal the ruling, his lawyer said.

The court said Sarkozy would be allowed to serve the one-year sentence at home by wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet.

Sarkozy’s lawyer, Thierry Herzog, noted that the sentence corresponds to the maximum his client faced. He said he had spoken with Sarkozy, who had asked him to appeal.

“The verdict won’t be enforceable” pending appeal, he added.



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/europe-france-elections-trials-campaigns-aa6fc25ed310108a29b77bc5175a6de6

[tavernier]

1. Appears they take their laws more seriously

Not a lot of our crooked politicians convicted and sentenced. They just hire more crooked lawyers.

[PatSeg]

3. Yes, I was thinking the same thing

Obviously we don't want to be like a lot of unstable governments in the world that repeatedly throw their leaders in jail, but there must be a line that U.S. presidents cannot be allowed cross without repercussions. I still cannot believe that Trump got away with as much as he did and I'm quite sure we don't know how bad it really was.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. How much punishment is one year confinement?

You can't throw potentates in with hardened criminals, so lounging around the tapestries is second best. How about a standard diet of oatmeal and a banana, tuna sandwiches, TV dinner, and an oatmeal cookie? I mean where is the punishment in this?

[2Gingersnaps]

4. The French could certainly do worse.........

they could do absolutely nothing and let him run again. The only thing to stop him would be his general competence. To be a shoe in, American style, he would have to be a psychotic clown.