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PARIS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Six teenagers go on trial behind closed doors on Monday, accused of involvement in the beheading of French history teacher Samuel Paty by a suspected Islamist in 2020 in an attack that struck at the heart of the country's secular values.

The teacher had shown his pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a class on freedom of expression, angering a number of Muslim parents. Muslims believe that any depiction of the Prophet is blasphemous.

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[–] CrabLangEnjoyer@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm sorry what? 2.5 years? Is that a joke? Those animals should never set foot outside prison walls again no matter their age.

[–] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you just read the headline and get outraged without pausing for even a second to think "2.5 years for murder and mutilation can't be right, I better read the article"?

[–] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The five other minors to be prosecuted, aged between 14 and 15 at the time of the attack, will be charged with premeditated criminal conspiracy, or ambush.

They are suspected of having pointed out Paty to the murderer or helped monitor his exit from the school.

They weren’t involved in the killing, they are guilty of pointing him out.

[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So they were responsible for it

[–] 100_percent_a_bot@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes but there's still limits on how long you can put minors in prison for certain things

[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Which is fair but 2.5 years seems pretty short for a religious beheading

[–] 100_percent_a_bot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Maybe, depends on the scope of their involvement. Most European countries have 10 years max for minors, even for premeditated murder.

[–] Necronomicommunist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are getting 2.5 years for pointing out the teacher, not for beheading.

[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Necronomicommunist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So children should go to jail for more than 2.5 years for pointing out a teacher?

[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes. When they’ve committed premeditated criminal conspiracy and that criminal act is premeditated religious assassination.

[–] Necronomicommunist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I see you're privy to some information that the media doesn't have, everywhere says he wanted to know where that teacher was to scare him. Where did you gather the information from that they were co-conspirators fully aware of the plan?

[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Well I’m not a lawyer but what does “premeditated criminal conspiracy” mean to you? If it was just pointing at someone why were they charged at all?

Dont worry, don't need to reiterate it, everyone knows you're not a lawyer.

[–] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, they are responsible for pointing, not killing, glad you understand now.

[–] CrabLangEnjoyer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So? They are still responsible for his death

[–] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] meat_popsicle@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you play by felony murder rules, they’re just as guilty since they participated in the planning and actively participated (by waiting for / stalking the victim and pointing him out to their co-conspirator).

In some places if you help plan and participate in a crime that results in a death you’re equally culpable of the murder - even if you weren’t in the same room as the killing. Escape car drivers frequently get death row for a murder that happened in the course of the crime.

[–] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 5 points 1 year ago

The dude showed up at their school and found some 14 year olds that would tell him who the teacher was for money.

He also told them he was just going to make the teacher apologize, not cut his fucking head off, my guy.

Slow your roll with sticking some tricked dumb kids to prison for life over some shit they had no control over to begin with.

[–] Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These kids haven't killed anyone. A weird guy told them who is the teacher who's insulted Muhamad, here is 300 EUR, I'll teach him to not do it again

They couldn't guess what was about to happen, and now live with the guilt and trauma which is a worse sentence than any jail time

[–] anlumo@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

You’re presuming a state of mind, just as the other people you’re arguing against are. We don’t know if they regret it or not and never will.