Jeans, sneakers, hands clasped, the woman seems to be confessing.
“My son was 6 years old.
He fell from the 4th floor at my house.
I left him alone,” she says, looking sheepish.
His words made the small assembly flinch.
“He had nothing and today he is doing very well,” continues the young mother.
In front of her, twenty pairs of eyes stare at her in silence.
At the end of this afternoon, a collective session has just started at the Criminal Assistance Association (Aapé).
The tone is set.
The people present are there, seated around a square table, ordered by the courts, namely the Paris court and that of Créteil (Val-de-Marne) to follow a parental responsibility course, often an alternative to prosecution.
The opportunity to remind them of their duties, but also their rights.
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