Twilight.
The solemn returns of two of the largest courts in France, Paris and Bobigny, were an opportunity for the heads of these courts to draw up a grim inventory of society and the rule of law.
With seriousness, Stéphane Noël, President of the Paris Court, recalled that the “
year 2023 was marked once again by major crises, despicable attacks and abominations that we did not think we would see again since the last world war
".
“
We are all aware of the particular dimension of the crises we are experiencing at the start of the 21st century
,” he added.
Enough to make essential, according to him, the “
proper functioning of public services so that our fellow citizens adhere, by conviction, as a whole, to fundamental values
”.
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Peimane Ghaleh-Marzban, his counterpart in Bobigny, is on the same line, he who has continued to refine the organization of his court for three years, in search of efficiency commensurate with the jurisdiction.
After having established - and boosted - the centers dedicated to domestic violence and economic and financial delinquency, he tested “
a territorialized approach
” to correctional justice, “
allowing the judge to be rooted in the reality of the territory
”.
An experiment that he wishes to systematize.
Increased activity of the “online hate” division
Justice as cement therefore, in a world in which we perceive “
the echo of sound and fury delinquency
”, in the words of Laure Beccuau, Paris prosecutor.
This is evidenced by the increased activity of the “online hate” pole, whose “
the number of investigations increased from 551 in 2022 to 1051 in 2023.
And to raise the question of
“the compatibility of the law of 1881 on the press with the need for rapid procedures in this matter
”, when it comes to sanctioning content on social networks.
In Bobigny, we are also fighting to combat delinquency that is always violent, sometimes gratuitous.
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“
As of December 21, 2023, the judicial report was as follows: nearly 660 people in police custody, including nearly 200 for the night of July 1 to 2 alone;
260 referrals, 100 of which concern minors;
160 major judges in immediate appearance
.”
The magistrate chooses more and more often to hit delinquents in the wallet, prisons already exploding with prison overcrowding.
Behind her calm voice, Laure Beccuau no longer hides her concern about the state of organized crime, evoking a "
real and multifaceted danger",
recalling that French justice certainly imposes
"sentences commensurate with our law, but not to that of Europe
.
“Strong increase in violent action plans involving young people”
Superimposed on organized crime is terrorism, of which Jean-François Ricard, the anti-terrorism prosecutor, has drawn up an inventory without qualms.
“The endogenous movement is today the main threat to which our country is exposed
,” he explained.
“We have been able to observe, in 2023 and at the start of 2024, the sharp increase in violent action projects involving young people, sometimes minors, guided by jihadist ideology.
It is too early to know whether this rejuvenation reflects the appearance of a new generation of terrorists
.
This recent phenomenon should not make us forget that each “trough of the wave” in terrorist action has always constituted a period of withdrawal allowing jihadists to reconstitute their forces and invest deeply in society
,” he said. he continued, insisting on the execution and application of sentences and asking for “
real awareness of the specific issue of supporting those leaving prison convicted of acts of terrorism
”.
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And to insist: “
If the acts of recidivism had until now been essentially limited to acts of apology for terrorism, the attack committed on December 2 at the Pont de Bir Hakeim illustrated an act of recidivism of high intensity
”.
And to affirm: “
it is clear that the range of measures made available to the justice system does not fully meet the identified needs to date
”.
A call for a political start while sitting in the front row, in the place of honor, Yaël Braun-Pivet, President of the National Assembly.