The Minister of Justice has redirected Marseille magistrates who denounced the powerlessness of the State in the face of drug trafficking. Jean-Rémi Costa and Alexandre Stobinsky* recall that the separation of powers is a cardinal principle of our law.
In Marseille, which unfortunately experienced the last murder of a magistrate in France shot from the middle, judges and prosecutors also expressed a form of despair. These hearings of March 5, 2024 left their mark on senators, and more broadly on public opinion, with their truth, the truth demanded by parliamentarians.