"
Too much weight
is attributed
to the essential presence of direct perpetrators in the box of the accused," said
Jean-François Ricard, the head of the national anti-terrorism prosecutor's office (PNAT) in early September, on the eve of the opening of the trial of
the accused.
January 2015 terrorist attacks
.
"We must not terrorize the court by asking for absolute proof
(...)
It is enough to demonstrate the adhesion
(of the accused)
to a company which is not excluded that it is terrorist",
declared one of the two. representatives of the prosecution during the indictment
.
It has been trumpeted that the trial of the Islamist attacks of January 2015, the verdict of which is expected Wednesday, December 15, was
"historic"
.
How can we justify, then, that the PNAT, in charge of reporting evidence against the fourteen defendants - three are dead or on the run - shows such a lack of ambition?
Incidentally, how will we qualify the trial of the November 2015 attacks, including the Bataclan killing, which is due to begin?
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