What could happen to Le Pen's conviction before the 2027 presidential election?

The far-right leader was sentenced, at the end of March, to a five-year ban on running for office. She has appealed.

Two years ahead of the presidential election, many questions remain regarding the upcoming stages of Marine Le Pen's legal procedure.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250419-what-could-happen-to-le-pens-conviction-before-the-2027-presidential-election?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

https://www.europesays.com/fr/29951/ Quand l’Antiquité s’est-elle terminée ? – La Libre #AccusedBox #BlackAndWhitePicture #Books #Crime #CriminalCourt #defendant #Divertissement #doctor #Entertainment #FR #France #horizontal #Justice #lawyer #Livres #murder #SerialKiller #suitcase #trial

#USSR #Justice #Navalny #trial If it looks like a show trial, sounds like a show trial it is a show trial.
https://www.euronews.com/2025/04/15/four-journalists-accused-of-working-for-kremlin-foe-navalny-convicted-of-extremism?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Graphic bodycam footage of OPP officer's killing crucial for Crown and defence
Footage from the body-worn camera of an Ontario Provincial Police officer lethally shot by Alain Bellefeuille has been shown at his murder trial. It takes the jury to the heart of the case: did Bellefeuille know he was shooting at police...
#police #murder #trial #court #Ontario #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/graphic-bodycam-footage-of-opp-officer-s-killing-crucial-for-crown-and-defence-1.7505817?cmp=rss

A special tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine in the Hague, the Netherlands, will not try Russian President Vladimir Putin in absentia as long he remains leader. Read more from @euronews
https://flip.it/X7iyyL
#Putin #Hague #WarCrimes #Ukraine #Netherlands #Trial

Tamara Lich, Chris Barber to hear verdict in ‘Freedom Convoy’ mischief trial
Lich and Barber were both charged with mischief, intimidation and counselling others to break the law.
#law #politics #trial #Crime #ChrisBarber #Court
https://globalnews.ca/news/11113646/tamara-lich-chris-barber-freedom-convoy-verdicts/

OPP officer tells Bellefeuille murder trial he felt hunted down
One of the three OPP officers who was met with gunfire at a home in Bourget, Ont., almost two years ago testified at the murder trial of Alain Bellefeuille Wednesday.
#murder #trial #police #Bourget #Ont #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/opp-officer-tells-bellefeuille-murder-trial-he-felt-hunted-down-1.7500457?cmp=rss

Alberta seeks judicial review after new trial ordered for man convicted of 1987 Edmonton murder
Attorney General Mickey Amery is calling for a judicial review after federal Justice Minister Arif Virani ordered a new trial for Roy Allan Sobotiak, convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Susan Kaminsky 38 years ago. Kaminsky's body has never been...
#murder #trial #justice #Alberta #Edmonton #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/sobotiak-homicide-judicial-review-1.7498885?cmp=rss

Marine Le Pen is found guilty of embezzlement and barred from office.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was banned from running for public office with immediate effect after a court found her guilty of misappropriating EU funds through her National Rally party.

The ban will last for five years, as demanded by prosecutors. She has also been handed a four-year prison sentence to be served with an electronic tag.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250331-marine-le-pen-is-found-guilty-of-embezzlement-and-barred-from-office?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

A friend of Kimberly Sullivan, a Connecticut woman accused of keeping her stepson a prisoner in their home for decades, will testify in court that Sullivan never mentioned having a stepson in the 21 years she’s known her. Read more from @NBCNews
https://flip.it/SmNesf
#Connecticut #KimberlySullivan #Stepson #Trial #Crime

Prosecutors seek a seven-year jail term for ex-president Sarkozy in Libya trial.

French prosecutors have requested a seven-year jail sentence and a €300,000 fine for French former president Nicolas Sarkozy for allegedly taking millions of euros from late Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to help his 2007 election campaign.

Sarkozy, president of France from 2007-2012, denies the charges.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250328-prosecutors-seek-a-seven-year-jail-term-for-ex-president-sarkozy-in-libya-trial?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Marine Le Pen’s presidential hopes could die next week. Her party hasn’t really planned for it.

Monday could go down as one of the most important days in the history of the French far right.

Le Pen is on trial for having participated in a scheme to embezzle funds from the European Parliament, and if found guilty could be barred from running for any public office for the next five years.

The next presidential election is set for 2027.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250328-marine-le-pens-presidential-hopes-could-die-next-week-her-party-hasnt-really-planned-for-it?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Murder trial of man accused of shooting, killing OPP officer begins
The murder trial of Alain Bellefeuille opened Wednesday with dramatically different accounts of what happened the night Sgt. Eric Mueller was shot and killed while responding to a 911 call.
#murder #trial #police #News #Canada #Ottawa
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/murder-trial-of-man-accused-of-shooting-killing-opp-officer-begins-1.7494148?cmp=rss

French actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledged Tuesday that he aggressively subjected a woman who accuses him of sexual assault to vulgar and heated language and that he grabbed her hips but denied that his behavior was sexual as he testified for the first time at his landmark trial in Paris. @AssociatedPress reports:
https://apnews.com/article/france-depardieu-trial-sexual-assault-ceaa8cc98325319edad9d732fa7fd722

AP: Mangione asks for laptop to prepare for legal case while awaiting trial in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/mangione-asks-for-laptop-to-prepare-for-legal-case-while-awaiting-trial-in-killing-of-unitedhealthcare-ceo

A member of a 1970s German left-wing terrorist group goes on trial after decades on the run.

The trial of Daniela Klette, a former member of Germany's far-left Baader-Meinhof gang who was arrested last year after more than 30 years on the run, started on Tuesday in Celle, northern Germany.

The 66-year-old is accused of a series of armed robberies.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250325-a-member-of-a-1970s-german-left-wing-terrorist-group-goes-on-trial-after-decades-on-the-run?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Actor Gérard Depardieu's sexual assault trial starts.

The 76-year-old French actor will face trial in Paris. He is accused of sexually abusing two women on a 2021 film shoot.

Despite having faced a slew of allegations, this is the first case to come to trial.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250324-actor-gerard-depardieus-sexual-assault-trial-starts?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

“‘I want to look my nieces in the eye and say I did everything I could’: eight Just Stop Oil supporters found GUILTY”

by The Canary @thecanaryuk
“During the trial the judge removed all legal defences from the jury’s consideration, ruled the climate emergency to be ‘irrelevant’ and forbade defendants from mentioning that a jury has a right to acquit a defendant as a matter of conscience”

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/03/21/just-stop-oil-heathrow-10/?__s=pw3ygmyxve9etudpqdrh