Anti-reconciliation bracelets may be imposed on convicted persons as part of a sentence adjustment, "
even if the acts committed predate the entry into force of the device
" dating from 2020, the Court of Cassation ruled on Wednesday.
Used to prevent the perpetrators of violence against women from approaching their victims, these bracelets were introduced in France with the law of December 28, 2019 "
aimed at acting against violence within the family
".
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"
The laws relating to the regime for the execution and application of sentences are only applicable to sentences pronounced for acts committed after their entry into force (...) when their result would be to make the sentences handed down more severe. by the conviction decision
”, recalls the Court.
But the highest court of the judicial order considered that the obligation to wear an anti-reconciliation bracelet during a sentence adjustment did
not
"
result in worsening the situation of the convicted person
".
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Worn at the ankle, this tool "
makes it possible to geolocate the violent spouse or ex-spouse and to trigger an alert system when he approaches the protected person beyond a perimeter defined by the judge
", according to the official site of the French administration. He is then contacted by "
a remote assistance platform
", then the police are alerted "
if he does not answer or does not turn back
". Anti-rapprochement bracelets are increasingly used to fight violence against women: as of May 31, 78 men wore this bracelet on their ankles, compared to 47 on May 11 and 38 in mid-April. At the beginning of September,Prime Minister Jean Castex has announced that he wants to deploy as many as possible to fight against feminicides.
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