The French justice minister asked a prosecutor to appeal for longer prison terms against "gang of barbarians" members jailed last week for a gruesome anti-Semitic murder. The victim's sister said on FRANCE 24 that she was satisfied with the appeal. France's justice minister asked a prosecutor on Monday to appeal for increased jail terms against members of a gang imprisoned last week for kidnapping a young Jewish man, torturing him and leaving him to die. "We feel reassured that the minister heard us and reacted so quickly," said the victim's sister, Yael Halimi, during an interview with FRANCE 24. Referring to the gang members who lured Halimi into a trap and who held him hostage, she said: "The sentences handed over to the jailers and the bait were not in line with Ilan's ordeal."
France's justice minister asked a prosecutor on Monday to appeal for increased jail terms against members of a gang imprisoned last week for kidnapping a young Jewish man, torturing him and leaving him to die. "We feel reassured that the minister heard us and reacted so quickly," said the victim's sister, Yael Halimi, during an interview with FRANCE 24. Referring to the gang members who lured Halimi into a trap and who held him hostage, she said: "The sentences handed over to the jailers and the bait were not in line with Ilan's ordeal."
The concern expressed was that clemency would convey the message that, at the end of the day, the French state justice is much more clement than the "neighborhood justice" and one would be better off keeping silent and submitting to the gang leaders rule...
The other concern is that there were a lot of very public and very loud calls for the Ministry of Justice to file an appeal. An emotionally charged atmosphere that is decidedly not conducive to the serenity needed for an appropriate carriage of justice. Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
