Inside the prison where former French president Sarkozy is serving time

While Nicolas Sarkozy is far from the first French leader to run afoul of the law, he now has the ignominy of becoming the ...

Ex-French pres Sarkozy kisses tearful wife Carla Bruni goodbye as he begins 5yr prison sentence over Gaddafi conspiracy

FORMER French president Nicolas Sarkozy kissed his tearful wife Carla Bruni goodbye as he headed to prison to begin his ...

Robert Badinter enters Panthéon as France honors man who abolished guillotine

President Emmanuel Macron hailed the former French justice minister's 'voice advocating for these great, essential and unfinished battles,' from the fight against capital punishment to the defense of ...
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French guillotine abolitionist enters Pantheon

Robert Badinter, the justice minister who ended the death penalty in France in 1981, entered the country's Pantheon mausoleum ...

Three prisoners arrested for threatening to KILL ex-French President Sarkozy on just his second full day of 5yr sentence

THREE prison inmates have been arrested for threatening to kill former French president Nicolas Sarkozy. The prisoners – who ...