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‘[Cassandra] Belin did not attend Wednesday’s hearing, a fact that was “deplored” by magistrate Florence Perret, who said that she would have been prepared to discuss a sentence of community service [rather than incarceration] if the accused had been present.’

Fighting in the public realm for your right to have no presence in the public realm is a conundrum.

The Frenchwoman appealing her conviction for wearing a burqa sent her husband to court, or her husband insisted on going in her place or whatever…

This seems to have annoyed the judge, who was apparently ready to hand down a much lighter sentence (the woman – or rather the group of males acting on her behalf – lost the appeal) if the complainant had demonstrated even a faint personal commitment to her own case.

Margaret Soltan, January 8, 2014 9:33AM
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