The Senate will propose to "
change the law
" so that taking drugs or alcohol can no longer remove criminal responsibility, after the decision of the Court of Cassation not to bring to justice the murderer of Sarah Halimi, announced this Friday the LR groups and the centrist Union.
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The idea is "
that it is no longer possible for judges to decide that discernment does not exist when the disorder results from the voluntary absorption of alcohol or a narcotic substance
", indicated the president of the group. centrist in the Senate Hervé Marseille and that of the LR Bruno Retailleau group in a press release.
Two bills in this direction, one from the centrist Senator Nathalie Goulet and the other from Senator LR Jean Sol, were tabled "
several months ago
" in the Senate and should be examined on May 25, specifies the press release. "
They make it possible to respond to the injustice caused by the decision of the Paris Court of Appeal and the Court of Cassation in the case of the assassination of Sarah Halimi
", add MM. Retailleau and Marseille, who hope “
that once the text is adopted in the Senate, the National Assembly will be able to quickly include it on its agenda
”.
On April 14, the Court of Cassation, while upholding the anti-Semitic nature of the crime, confirmed the criminal irresponsibility of the murderer of Sarah Halimi, a Jewish sexagenarian killed in 2017 in Paris, due to the abolition of her discernment during the facts. This decision had aroused great emotion in the Jewish community and beyond, Emmanuel Macron calling on the Minister of Justice to present "
as soon as possible a change in the law
" so that the taking of narcotics does not remove criminal responsibility.