Monday, June 15, 2009
Un crime passionné
The latest sensational criminal trial is now taking place in staid Geneva, Switzerland.
A woman who admitted killing one of France's richest men during sex games told a Swiss court Monday she shot him dead because he called her a whore.Aside from my belief that he deserved it, she is pitching for a curious point of Gallic law, and Geneva is in the French part of Switzerland, that makes allowances for crime commited in a fit of passion.
"Of course I am 100 percent guilty because I did it," said Cecile Brossard, mistress of slain banker Edouard Stern, told the 15-member jury, adding that she lost control when he told her, "One million for a whore, that's expensive."
Brossard's lawyer Alec Reymond says it was a crime of passion, punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment. Prosecutors say it was murder, punishable by 20 years in prison.Half the penalty for hot blood. Vive La France, even if it is in Switzerland.
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