Jonathann Daval was tried on Wednesday April 10 for slanderous denunciation against his in-laws. Lawyer Laure-Alice Bouvier pleads for strengthening the procedures offered to justice by requiring the accused to take an oath.
The decision of the Besançon criminal court is not yet known, having been reserved until May 24. We must question legislation that allows a criminal to lie with impunity before the courts, says Bouvier, a doctor of law and lawyer at the Paris bar. The search for truth would require, on the contrary, that witnesses such as the accused or the accused be required to taking an oath, she says. It is difficult to understand why perpetrators of misdemeanors or crimes are granted the right to defend themselves by deceiving those who are responsible for protecting society against those who threaten its security and balance, writes Bouvier. The law needs to adapt to an environment which no longer has to do with the one in which it was initially designed and which is threatening the essential rights of the person.