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French protesters demand trial for Jewish woman s killer
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People stage a protest organized by Jewish associations, who say justice has not been done for the killing of French Jewish woman Sarah Halimi, at Trocadero Plaza near Eiffel Tower in Paris, Sunday, April 25, 2021. Thousands of people have gathered in Paris and other French cities to denounce a ruling by France s highest court that the killer of Jewish woman Sarah Halimi was not criminally responsible and therefore could not go on trial. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
PARIS – Protesters in Paris and other French cities on Sunday denounced a ruling by France’s highest court that the killer of Jewish woman Sarah Halimi was not criminally responsible and therefore could not go on trial.
Protests held worldwide as French Jew s killer escapes trial
Thousands throng to central Paris plaza to denounce decision by France s highest court not to try Kobili Traore, who confessed to 2017 murder of Sarah Halimi, on the grounds that he was suffering from drug-induced delirium at the time
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Published: 04.25.21 , 16:36
Protests were held around the world on Sunday over the court decision in France to allow a man who murdered French Jewish woman Sarah Halimi to avoid trial on the grounds he acted in a drug-induced delirium.
Jewish groups have reacted with outrage to the recent decision by France s highest court to uphold a 2019 ruling that Kobili Traore was not criminally responsible for the murder of the 65-year-old retired physician and teacher.
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