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Jail sentences of up to 20 years demanded at Avignon rape trial
The public prosecutor has demanded prison sentences of between 4 and 20 years for the 51 defendants in the trial concerning ...
Rape survivors like Gisèle Pelicot are choosing to speak out, refuting the idea that they should feel shame
The high-profile rape case of Gisele Pelicot in France speaks to a possible shift following the rise of the #MeToo movement ...
French mass rape trial prosecutors demand maximum sentence for Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband
A mammoth rape trial in France is moving into a new phase with prosecutors setting out the verdicts and punishments they want ...
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Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas venerated by faithful in Washington during relic’s 3-week US tour
To a packed St. Dominic Church Nov. 29, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington delivered a homily focused on the Catholic ...
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Two Defendants In French Mass Rape Trial Seek Leniency
Prosecutors have called for a maximum 20-year jail term for the 72-year-old Dominique Pelicot, who has been on trial in the ...
‘Mr. Every Man’: The 50 Others Accused in France’s Mass Rape Trial
Dominique Pelicot invited men to rape his wife, whom he had drugged. The French media call them “Mr. Every Man” because they ...
'Monster of Avignon' Dominique Pelicot who let men rape wife facing 20 years in jail
Dominique Pelicot, 71, from France, allowed 50 men to rape his wife Gisele Pelicot over the course of a decade. But a court ...
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Monster of Avignon accepts he will die alone 'like a dog' after admitting to drugging his wife and letting dozens of men rape her
The Monster of Avignon accepted he will die 'like a dog' after admitting to drugging his wife and inviting dozens of strangers he met online to rape her. Dominique Pelicot, 71, has admitted ...
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Monster of Avignon should be jailed for 20-years over mass rape of wife Gisele Pelicot, French prosecutors demand as they admit maximum available sentence is 'too little'
Speaking at the Vaucluse Criminal Court, in Avignon, Ms Chabaud said two decades was all that was legally allowed. 'What sentence should be imposed?' she asked. 'The maximum sentence is 20 years ...
Prosecutor requests 20-year sentence for Dominique Pelicot in mass rape trial
Public prosecutor Laure Chabaud told the packed courthouse in Avignon, southern France, on Monday that the sentence would be ...
As French Rape Trial Nears End, Wife Speaks of ‘Banality’ and ‘Cowardice’
Gisèle Pelicot made her final address to the court, calling the things her husband allegedly did to her “unforgivable.” ...