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Re:Marine Le Pen banned from running in 2027 and given four-... by rayiner on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @08:30AM (#43545973)
Is that true of criminal law? (Genuine question, I know zilch about European criminal law.) Does French law have the concept of prosecutorial discretion?
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Re:Marine Le Pen banned from running in 2027 and given four-... by aredox on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @08:45AM (#43546120)
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunit%C3%A9_des_poursuite...
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Re:Marine Le Pen banned from running in 2027 and given four-... by telotortium on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @11:10AM (#43547729)
So it would appear that French law has broadly the same power of prosecutorial discretion as US law.
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