On Friday, the prosecution wrapped up three days of final arguments against the remaining conspirators in the November 13, 2015 terror attacks in Paris. They demanded life without parole for the sole surviving attacker, Salah Abdeslam and sentences ranging from life to 5 years for the other 19 defendants.
The below article from Le Monde is translated by Fousesquawk.
*Note: This is only a partial translation due to a subscriber wall placed by Le Monde.
"It is here that justice and the law have the last word," an indictment for history at the November 13 trial
The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office has asked for life imprisonment (without parole) against Salah Abdeslam and sentences from 5 years to life against the other 19 defendants.
By Soeren Seelow and Henri Seckel
Posted today at 06:37, updated at 10:10
Caption:
Advocates General, Nicole Le Bris (at left), Camille Hennetier and Nicolas Braconnay, on 10 June 2022. Ivan Brun for Le Monde
"Fear is the breaking out from peace. It is the disappearance of the curtain behind which nothingness hides, the curtain that normally allows (one) to live in peace. This curtain is irretrievably torn, and we then only know forever nothingness, death exists. (With ) terrorism, peace is impossible. Your verdict will not have the virtue of repairing this torn curtain and restoring the original peace to the victims. It will not heal the wounds, visible or invisible, it will not bring the dead back to life, but it will at least assure them that here, justice and the law have the last word."
Camille Hennetier sits back down. At the end of a landmark indictment, spoken by three voices from Wednesday June 8 to Friday June 10, she has asked, in the name of the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (PNAT), which she represents, along with Nicolas Braconnay and Nicolas Le Bris, for sentences against the 20 defendants in the November 13 attacks trial ranging from 5 years in prison (for Ali Oulkadi) to life (without parole) for Salah Abdeslam.
Life imprisonment incurred for all those in the dock who were prosecuted as accomplices or co-perpetrators of the killings: The PNAT struck hard. Sentences opening the door to a later release or adjustable against the less implicated: The prosecution has shown judgment. Beginning Monday, June 13, the defense arguments. The special criminal court of Paris will render its verdict on June 29.
Over the course of three days, she has participated in a bit of judicial bravado. Fifteen hours to summarize four-and-a-half years of investigation and nine months of hearings in order to "reconstruct the puzzle" of the most murderous attacks in the history of France, to establish the responsibilities (guilt), dismantle the lies of some, admit the doubts (questions) as to others, scour through the slightest telephonic tracking, the slightest geo-localization, the slightest statement, where lies guilt.
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