French paedophile surgeon who abused hundreds sentenced to 20 years in jail
Joel Le Scouarnec, who has admitted his guilt, said last week he neither wanted nor expected to be shown leniency.
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20 years for 299 victims. That's just over three weeks per victim.
Although...
Le Scouarnec, 74, has been dubbed France's most prolific paedophile. He is already in jail after being sentenced in 2020 to 15 years for raping and sexually assaulting four children, including two of his nieces.
He'll probably die in jail, so .. there's that.
I always thought repeated offenses call for harsher sentences, not milder, but I guess here we are now.
20 years is the maximum sentence in France
If absolutely is not. 30 years is possible, and en perpétuité (forever) in very rare cases.
It depends on the offense. Not all offenses have the same maximum.
Does France have the concept of a "violent offender" or medical detention? You basically hold someone indefinitely, routinely assessing if they can be released.
Apparently: https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9tention_de_s%C3%BBret%C3%A9_en_France
In French criminal law, “rétention de sûreté” is a procedure for placing prisoners who have served their sentence, but who present a very high risk of reoffending because they generally suffer from a serious personality disorder, in a socio-medico-judicial security center. This measure is limited to convictions for the most serious crimes, in particular sex crimes, and must be expressly provided for in the sentencing decision
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I couldn't find an English source, even the English wiki article on preventive detention doesn't list France.
Thanks. The incongruity between en and fr Wikipedia is sometimes frustrating.
And not from old age