France gives a jail sentence to 742 people for participating in the demonstrations.
France’s Minister of Justice Eric DuPont Morty said today (Wednesday) that during the investigation of violations and crimes committed in the recent unrest in this country, 1278 criminal sentences have been issued.
The most violent protests and unrest in France since 2005 began on June 27 this year after a police officer shot a 17-year-old Algerian boy during a traffic stop in western Paris in an incident recorded by a passerby. killed
In a radio interview, while appreciating the quick holding of the court and the trial of the detained offenders, Moretti said that 742 people have been sentenced to prison due to the riots of late last month in France.
After four nights of fierce fighting, these riots were contained with the help of deploying about 45,000 security forces, including specially trained police forces and armored vehicles and resorting to coercive force.
According to “Sputnik” news agency, he explained about the verdicts issued against the rioters, that more than 95 percent of the defendants were convicted of various crimes, including vandalism, theft, arson, or attacking police officers and security forces.
Many suspects faced immediate court appearances under a fast-track system that has raised concerns for defendants’ lawyers about the fairness of the judicial process and harsh sentences for criminals.
The Minister of Justice stated that although short prison sentences can usually be commuted to non-custodial sentences – usually with the use of electronic shackles – some 600 people have been sent to prisons so far.
According to the statistics of the French government, the average age of more than 3,700 detainees was only 17 years, which caused minors to appear in separate children’s courts.
“It is important to remind young people that [social media] is not a hiding place and if they use it to organize crime, we can Let’s find them.”
According to Sputnik, some laws in France allow parents to be prosecuted for “endangering the health, safety, morals, and education of their child” for failing to fulfill their legal obligations.
According to this report, he stated that some parents will be prosecuted on a case-by-case basis due to the presence of their children in protests and riots, but he clarified: “Of course, the goal is not to punish the mother who works at night and has the burden of raising her children alone.”
