Comparutions immédiates : Le tribunal où la vie bascule en 10 mns
So, sir, The court will listen to you on the reasons for your presence at your ex-partner’s home when you are prohibited from contacting her. Yes, I admit it. Yes,
that’s hard not to admit. So, we would like to know why. You are exempt from this prohibition. I said normally, I don’t have the right, I know it. This is a mistake on my part. However, When I went to the house, It was to take my two little girls to the park. Why you are not allowed to see Madam Because of the violence. Because of the violence. At the Mulhouse court, This man is accused of hitting the mother of his four children. He had already been convicted four months earlier for similar offences. On October 4, what happens then We had a few drinks. And at one point, we discuss. And the person gets cold, She comes and pushes me off the chair. I am unbalanced, I fall on my head. And she started to scratch me, She hit me in the nose. So I started bleeding. So, to remove it, I punched him in the back. These are the photos taken by the police when they intervened. Yes. You,
the women against whom, or the woman against whom, I just wanted to defend you, She ends up in this state. The events took place less than 48 hours ago. These two days, The man took them into custody. Do you think you have a problem with alcohol, Sir No. No. When we come to pick you up in the afternoon, you have a gram. You seem about as aware of your drinking problem as you are of your violence problem, Sir. The defendant will be informed of his fate the same day. He is being tried under emergency proceedings. Immediate appearance. The link opened, You can agree. It’s a classic criminal trial, but in an accelerated version. Immediate appearance allows perpetrators of crimes to be judged immediately after police custody has ended. What can you tell us about what was found in your apartment? Sir On these narcotics? This procedure, which has existed for more than two centuries in France, is applicable to flagrant offenses. The house was searched. We found some forbidden stuff. So,
you were taken into custody. But also to offenses punishable by a sentence of more than two years of imprisonment. I am incarcerated there today. Yes. Because me, I don’t have any clothes, It was nothing, I’m dressed like a… Accused of sometimes being too repressive or too hasty. A criminal defense case must be prepared in a few hours, It’s not something that’s very obvious after all. These hearings, in principle exceptional, are now commonly used in the courts. There were 58,000 in 2022. We obtained permission to film this express justice at the Mulhouse court. Here, The magistrates, like Edwige Roux-Morizot, public prosecutor, make every effort to guarantee the rights of litigants. I hope that in Mulhouse it remains a justice system that takes its time, that is, time to judge. We shared the victims’ distress, like Cassiopeia. Who crossed paths with an unbalanced person. We don’t know who it is, it’s just someone with a mask, a cap, absolutely not identifiable, who comes to my house several times, the place where I’m supposed to feel safe. And followed the path of the defendants, like this temporary worker, accused of drug trafficking. I’m not a beard, I’m still not a nobody in my life. From the arrest to the courtroom, We tried to understand how justice was made in an emergency. Well, the hearing is adjourned. In the dock, at the Mulhouse court, The 45-year-old father maintains his statements. According to him, His ex-partner attacked him two days ago. He was only defending himself. The prosecutor, You have the floor for your requests. Yes,
Mr. The President, Mrs., Mr. From the Court, Effectively, Here is Mr. Livian, who is appearing for the second time in just a few months. We can clearly see, in the context of this procedure, that the children, This is the perfect excuse for Mr. Livian, to maintain contact. The question of children, This is where Mr. Livian is holding his campaign. Marie Corne is the substitute prosecutor. Its role at the hearing is to demonstrate the existence of the offence and to propose the appropriate sentence. She will request a prison sentence to protect the victim. She needs time to break free from this bond, which is a toxic bond, and she also needs to be able to look to the future alone, without him, because he is not a husband, but indisputably, in my opinion, He demonstrated that he was not a good father either. I will ask you to sentence him to two years’ imprisonment, therefore 24 months of imprisonment. I obviously ask you to pronounce the withdrawal. On the exercise of parental authority over the four children. Thank you, Madam, Prosecutor. Yes, Mr. President, Madam, Sir, of the court. What I hear today… The defendant’s lawyer, She, will try to play the card of reciprocal violence. What it indicates, and we’re not going to… Me,
what I believe, it’s that both were drunk, And then there was an argument that certainly broke out. You also insist a lot, Mr. President or Madam? The prosecutor, on the child’s testimony. She simply said that she came into the kitchen and saw her father holding her mother’s hands. She didn’t say to grip, she didn’t say to grab, She didn’t say he hit her. In view of the uncertainties in this matter, I would ask you, sir, to simply acquit him of the charges against him. Thank you. After an hour of hearing and around twenty minutes of deliberation, the judgment falls. You are found guilty of the facts with which you are charged. In repression, you are sentenced to two years of imprisonment, pronounced against you today. And it starts right away. In France, 70% Defendants tried in immediate appearance go to prison directly after the hearing. For Marie Corne, substitute prosecutor for two years, This severity is justified. Most often, even in immediate appearance, we are on paths that are paths of exciting stories. We’ve tried everything before in terms of warning. It is certain that the requisitions, they are more likely to be demands for firmness and therefore for incarceration. I am very aware of the violence, of what is said in court. I am very aware too, because I see the look of the defendants on me when I request, that they have… Probably not much sympathy for what I represent, That’s obvious. Well, here it is, you have to take responsibility for it, It’s part of our job. In recent years, in Mulhouse, a quarter of immediate appearance hearings are devoted to cases of domestic violence. THANKS, Goodbye. It must be there, on the right.
Here, It’s right across the street. On site.
Good evening. Good evening.
I’ll open the door for you. Alright. The neighbor, who called the police Good evening. Lives on the same floor as the man she suspects of violence. This is my neighbor. Who I have known for two and a half years here, who drinks a lot, who loses his cool every time something goes wrong, like a 5 year old kid. And now, he won’t let the woman he has at home out. Police Come see you, there ! Do it, Sir, Thank you.
Don’t know where you’re going? Well, no, sir. Sir, until I see the woman, until I make sure she’s okay, I won’t leave. Will it pass tomorrow morning? The police then attempted an approach through the garden. Make sure that Madam is okay. Madam, You don’t have to leave me alone and go see my neighbor. I’m jealous. I am not jealous, Me. Madam,
you cannot open the door for us, there ? We agree that you are afraid, there,
and you want to go out. I don’t want to go out. That I ask you, do you want to go out The woman at the window looks disoriented. The police don’t want to take any risks. They call their superior, the judicial police officer. I don’t repeat myself, I am at home, I will be calm. SO, Permission to fart, the door, correct ? Yes, it’s received. Madam, come with us, Mrs. Madam, Madam, We just want to talk a little. We’re just going to go put ourselves in a… About you, what happened I was prevented from taking it out, That’s it, that’s all. It manifested itself. how, over time Have you been a victim of violence? You bring yourself suddenly No,
They forced me to stay on the couch so I wouldn’t leave. Are you ready to file a complaint for the sequestration effect? No. You don’t want to file a complaint? No. Despite the victim’s refusal to file a complaint, The police want to get to the bottom of the matter. They take the man into custody. The next morning, at the central police station in Mulhouse, The investigation begins with the interrogation of the key witness in this case, Pallier’s neighbor, who alerted the police. He feels threatened by everyone. He has a pretty serious inspiration complex. Very quickly, She confesses to the investigator that she is the ex-girlfriend of the man arrested the day before. I mean, early afternoon, I want her back so bad. Good, There. So,
in anger, It doesn’t happen to me often, but I took the jewelry he gave me a few months ago. I took a pair of pliers from him. I pushed myself back on it. I broke everything and taped it to the door. I knocked on the door. So, he opens his door. And that’s when I told him, be careful, He has hepatitis. I wanted to break it, Actually, his evening. The girl, do you see it or not? No. You shouted that Yes, There. The case takes on a vaudeville twist that will complicate the investigators’ work. I still have to ask you, because we are a bit of a burden and a discharge, This call, Is it really because you were stressed? Or is he more of a jealous soldier? No,
no, No. And it began, the tone, to assemble. No, I was scared. And you heard that, you
Ah, that, I heard it. She left No,
no, I heard it. And at some point… I had a kind of little emotional shock, like that, I said to myself there, my name is. We gave ourselves, I’m afraid. Hello again, you come to audition Around the accused to be heard. For him, The situation was clearly caused by the jealousy of his former partner. On his text message. Almost after arriving. Yeah. And in his text message, what was there He knew… He’s a bastard. I didn’t want to open it because it would have gone live between the two ladies. And there, the police are coming. And there, It knocked. So me, this moment, What did I think? It was her. That it was her. Oh yes. I opened it well. And I told him to go away. And suddenly there, He didn’t open the door. And then, cracks the door. Crack the door. And there you have it. And you think you break a door like that, We In the middle of the night? Just for a seemingly upset ex The police officer is now returning to the accusations of kidnapping. Did you think about whoring last night? No. Is it because she asked you for a moment to let her out? Yes,
She asked me to let her out. She asked me to let her be held captive or something. It was precisely to introduce her. It wasn’t to sequester her, but to protect her. It is the man’s profile that worries the police officer. He has already been convicted of domestic violence, just got out of prison, nine months earlier. You play history with women, It’s starting to tire you out. I know he’s not going to make it through. A prisoner or a truncheon, You play in prison. That’s how it is. So, honestly, I’m a little impatient, Yes. Will his past weigh on the rest of the procedure? Will he be tried in immediate appearance? At the central police station in Mulhouse, The man, taken into custody for kidnapping, is still waiting to learn his fate. Come on, come on, We’re going this way. But the legal follow-up to his case, It’s not the police who decide. This is the court, and more precisely, the deputy prosecutor, in charge of the criminal justice system. This morning, This is Benjamin Coulon. It’s exciting because in reality, We are really in an exercise which consists of directing the judicial police, to lead the investigations. When you work in the legal field, we see everything that can happen in society, violent, of prohibitions. It is a completely distorting mirror of society. Based on the police officer’s report on the phone, Benjamin will decide what to do next with this kidnapping case. And on the spot, She is injured. She does not want to file a complaint. She doesn’t want to do anything. If I understand correctly, Madam, She says she was not subjected to violence. Once, I told him clearly that I wanted to leave. I turned towards the door. He took the handshake so I could leave. Plus,
he held me by the top of the goal. He makes deposits for me. He locks and takes back the sword. All witnesses are categorical on this. There are noises. In addition to these testimonies, The individual has six convictions for domestic violence on his criminal record. Benjamin wants a quick response. The man will be tried immediately. Can we present it tomorrow morning? for example, at 10 a.m. We’ll manage, Of course. If it replaces a doubt about the direction of a case, he can always consult the person who heads the Mulhouse public prosecutor’s office. Edwige Roux-Morizot, the public prosecutor. It is she who defines the prosecution priorities of the jurisdiction, and domestic violence is one of them. Yes yes, Yes,
It’s full time… Any police officer who places an individual in custody must obviously, in real time, notify the public prosecutor. Sometimes, I have had more than 20. 20 people in custody at the same time. Oh yes. This is significant pressure because it means that this magistrate, who has all this on his shoulders, will have to in addition, with calm and determination, and serenity and reflection, to orient. He can’t be wrong. He must not make a mistake. When he grabbed him by the jaw, it happens in front of the children or not If you are referring a domestic violence case, because after a while, you can’t take it anymore, You have the report and then you say to yourself, “Okay, the facts don’t seem very serious, etc. ” And that the next day or the next day, we have serious violence or we have a femicide, We can’t help but think about it all the time. The magistrates on duty have it in mind all the time, this responsibility. This is what prompted the prosecution, among others, to use this express procedure for the man accused of kidnapping. Here is his lawyer, Master Miclot. He doesn’t know her yet, it is appointed ex officio. Good morning, Are the files available? Great,
the one at 9:30. Thank you. She is the one who defends the defendants. That day. She discovers the cases and only has a few hours to prepare her various files. You have to be quite efficient, we must get to the point. It’s complicated because these are relatively complex cases. These are offenses of a certain seriousness. And prepare a criminal defense file in a few hours, It’s not something that’s very obvious after all. These are files that could require several weeks of work in a year. I will focus on the defendant’s statements, those of the victims, to be able to compare them and see if there are any inconsistencies. And above all, to be able to discuss this with the defendant when I go to see him in the cheeks. Good morning, I am the duty lawyer. The jails, It is the most secure place in the court. The defendants are transferred there from the police station to await their hearing. I have two warnings. The one you want first. Good morning, I’m the one who will assist you today. I’ll start with some general questions. The lawyer and her client must get to know each other and establish a defense strategy. They have very little time, but the defendant does not complain about it. They are there, There isn’t much to prepare. We must defend ourselves, tell the truth, That’s all. When you take the call you deserve, that’s how it is. He is 2 p.m. So,
you appear in court under a procedure called immediate appearance. You are also accused that evening of being violent towards the lady. No, I won’t see which ones. I won’t see which ones. I held it on my wrist, yes,
at one point, Yes,
I held her wrist so we could go to the living room to talk. And why is it that madam, So,
She says the opposite Ask him the question, Not to me. I only tell you the truth. But the victim did not go to court. Only the one who called the police is present. The neighbor, or rather the upset ex-girlfriend. She too had already had to endure the defendant’s outbursts of anger. SO, Mrs, you can approach, Please ? The victim of himself, It is with great compassion that I find myself here. Yes, on the facts, You confirm that you heard the woman repeatedly ask him to let her out. You confirm that that evening, you heard banging noises in the walls. He is like that. These were not opposing words. Close the door, I’ll give it to you. You see, It’s not against the person. I say it loud and clear, he is a nice person, with whom I had very, very good times. And it’s every time there’s just something that just won’t manage to channel or express, who will want alcohol, And that’s where it’s going to come out. GOOD, Thank you, madam. Thank you. Would you like to respond to what Madam said? Take care of him. From the IGBU, Immediate result. This admission of weakness will not be enough to convince. Benjamin Coulon, the deputy prosecutor. Mr. Prosecutor, you have the floor. Yes, Madam President, Madam, Sir, Sir, He can say whatever he wants, but when the police arrive and say to him, “Sir, open the door, we just want to make sure everything is okay,” we don’t understand why he doesn’t open this door, except that he absolutely wants to prevent the police from entering and prevent Madame from leaving. It was a kidnapping that did not last very long, but nevertheless… She was deprived of her freedom of movement for several minutes. That evening. The criminal record is extremely impressive. We still have someone who, Since 2008, has been convicted eight times. For all these reasons, I will ask you to impose a sentence of 18 months’ imprisonment. If sir would like to calm down during my requisitions, that would be great. When I said earlier that the prosecutor could not stand frustration, we are exactly on that. I will ask you obviously, to prevent the repetition of the offense, to issue a warrant of arrest against the prosecutor. Thank you, Mr. Prosecutor. The court-appointed lawyer will do everything to prevent this 50-year-old maintenance worker from returning to prison, emphasizing his successful reintegration. For Defense? I thank, Madam President, Mr. Court. It is true that Mr Manolet did not have an appropriate attitude towards the situation with regard to the authorities. He should have opened the door immediately, he said it. Nevertheless, Currently, He is a man with a stable situation. Deprive him of his job, from his accommodation, it’s to start it from scratch, at his age. So things would be extremely complicated. Thank you. Thank you, master. Well,
the court adjourns to deliberate. After 20 minutes of deliberation, the man is found guilty. He was sentenced to 9 months in prison, including 4 farms, with a warrant of arrest. I’m incarcerated here today? Yes. How
I don’t have any clothes at all, I’m dressed like a… Someone can bring you some laundry, There is no prohibition of contact. Madam President, I can only add something because he has a respiratory problem. I don’t care about that, I cry out,
I cry out, Okay?
And there are recurrences of depression. Recurrence of depression? It’s a… What is this guy who brings me things, business, If already by theater, there is something like that, then bring me back some things from prison, please. GOOD. So, The hearing is adjourned. We had a victim who maintained the reality of the violence, but which, at the same time, ensured a little defense of what was planned. This is something we see very often in domestic violence cases. She has a posture that is very ambivalent, and which, at the same time, reflects what she thinks about the situation, and what she plans with Mr. Toulèges, because we understood that it was not over between them. In France, after attacks on people and attacks on property, The third offense, the most prosecuted in immediate appearance, concerns drug trafficking. Crossroads between Germany and Switzerland, Mulhouse regularly makes headlines for drug seizures. Deal points are subject to special monitoring, like that morning, in a dilapidated condominium in the city center. It seems like there are rates. Cannabis resin prices, the strike. Better quality. Yes,
it’s a higher quality cannabis resin. Pascal is the deputy head of a brigade specializing in drug cases and the underground economy. On the walls, everyone gets their share, the police and the justice system. It’s a certain beer, In fact.
Those who will surpass themselves, these stops, etc. The goal, It is not about eradicating them. The goal, is to make access to narcotics as complicated as possible, to consumers. Deal Point has been emptied. But the police have information. One of the small traffickers, nicknamed the Marseillais, would live on the third floor of this building. The canine unit’s dog quickly detected the smell of drugs in the apartment. The police can search. No trace of the Marseillais. But the police find cannabis, 20 grams, and papers that allow them to put a name to the identity of the alleged dealer. At the same time, in the corridor, A man comes out of the elevator. No luck, his identity papers betray him. Your home was searched. How are you How are you Ah,
that’s fine. Okay, The house was searched. We found some forbidden stuff. So,
you’re taken into custody. The head of operations immediately notifies Benjamin Coulon, the prosecutor at the office of the public prosecutor. Yes, Good morning, This is Mr. Coulon I’m just reminding you about the police custody of a gentleman. We found a little bit of resin, a silver marquetry, a scale, a knife with resins, etc. Enough for suspicion of trafficking, The prosecutor validates police custody. I’ll tell you what happens next. From there, The police will carefully examine all the elements of the alleged dealer’s opinion, to estimate the extent of traffic. “Can you pass me that line ID?” “Yes, I’ll do it for you.” “It’s rolling.” Their objective, have him tried in immediate appearance, like two-thirds of the people arrested by their brigade last year. “Immediate appearance, It’s a way of doing things that we appreciate, because the punishment comes very quickly afterwards. So here it is, police custody, ball on Tuesday, Compass to Friday. So, it’s still going pretty fast, without neglecting, however, the investigation. But for us, the investigation could go to court tomorrow, So, that’s perfect. Thanks to the exploitation of the telephone found during the search, The police discovered a Snapchat account. the strike in the pouch. The man nicknamed the Marseillais seems to be advertising his stock of cannabis resin. It’s the rentier or the butcher The rentier. Is it possible to smoke a cigarette? It is possible. So, already, of yourself, What can you tell me about the facts you are accused of? I just made a few next ones because I had a money problem, because I lost my grandmother. I had to take out all my savings to pay for his funeral. And suddenly, as work hasn’t been too much lately, I just cut a few next to make some pocket money, for paying my rent, No more, no less. He claims to have been selling 10 euros worth of cannabis a day for less than two weeks. The account in the pouch would be dedicated to the sale of shisha tobacco. Well, no, The strike is resin. The strike is resin. Good quality. Because you, You are implying that it is resin. In Alsace, then. For in his native south, The strike would not necessarily have to do with drugs. We, when we say the strike, It’s that it’s good. Good narcotic, good tobacco, shisha, good shoes, good perfumes. It’s the strike, what. It’s an expression from our country. What do you see there? I see a plaque. So. What do we see there? Resin handling. Too much resin. But that’s stuff you can get from the Internet. It’s not stuff… Yeah,
But it’s broadcast from the account. Yeah,
afterwards, I understand. But after that, These are snaps that we share, that we share, that we share. Who is Alex Ramat? I don’t know, She is Portuguese. But she wants 10 grams of drumstick in any case. I don’t know. You don’t know 10 grams of drumstick, in jargon, It’s cannabis resin. We have a small accounting system. What can you tell me about this little accounting? Ah? Yeah. Your little account. What can you tell me about that? Well, you see what’s going on. There is nothing. There is a little accounting. There are small numbers. It doesn’t represent drugs, anyway. These spreadsheets are common evidence in drug cases. Yet, at 29 years old, The Marseillais swears he has settled down. Despite the suspect’s denials, The police would be able to prove that they had been selling the drugs for at least five months. The individual will be tried immediately. For these facts, he risks. 10 years imprisonment. At the Mulhouse court, The alleged dealer is first brought before the deputy prosecutor. No, Sir. This is a formal moment. During which Benjamin Coulon announces the prosecutions retained, you were heard at a break from your police custody measure. You admitted that you were trafficking drugs over a period of 10 days. One to two weeks. One to two weeks. All right. You maintain your position Yes.
Perfect. There you go, sir. You can proofread and sign on the second page. So far? So far, Sir.
Okay. The idea of the surge, It is about identifying what will be debated at the hearing. And there,
in this case, which will cause debate, Is this gentleman going to start again a week or two weeks ago? Or is he dealing drugs, Has he been selling drugs for much longer? Naturally, the court-appointed lawyer has a different reading of the file. Mr. Walter wants to shift the debate to the accused’s plans for professional integration. I’m in a state of mind where I’m crossing my fingers and praying hard. It’s the Lord that we’re going to be able to sleep on a mattress tonight at home rather than on a mattress. With a metal strap and a person we don’t know. But after, There, we trust the lawyer. I think that, sir, he will go home tonight to sleep. He expresses himself correctly. He seems to be polite, to know how to behave. So,
I think things will go well in the soft skills department. Because that’s the image we project to the judge. When we want to try to convince him that tomorrow, instead of going out into the street, committing crimes, we’re going to get the job, know-how, This is very important. Will focusing on interpersonal skills be enough to keep the accused out of prison? In immediate appearance, To justify their integration efforts, The defendants rarely have time to seek proof of employment or testimony from their boss. The hearing is resumed, You may sit down. The alleged dealer will have to convince the court on his word alone. Jean-Baptiste Vidali presides over the hearing. What can you tell us about what was found in your apartment? Sir On these narcotics? I lost my grandmother and I, my whole family, They have no money. I can’t see myself calling my brother. Send me your 80 euros, I have nothing to eat. Or I have to pay my rent. You understand There are times when we listen to them and we do it, then it’s there. 46th time this week I’ve heard this excuse that doesn’t work. Really, no. And it has no originality, but I’m listening to you anyway. And I will try to make the defendants understand that, Really, Really, is it really, really,
really, This is your version You really want, really stick to that? Because they don’t give in, sometimes telling lies themselves. It’s quite surprising, Sir,
when we see your criminal record, So there have been fairly regular donations since 2016, nothing more, And there we see you again in criminal court. What happened? It’s an accident on part Is this something that has changed in your situation? You know, when you are young, that we need money, that we call the interview boxes every morning, There is no mission for today, there is no mission for today, there is no mission, it’s quiet, we will call you back. After a while, When you have this little square of chocolate, he is in front of us, we take it, we cut it, we don’t think, we try to sell it without getting caught. I am not a Pablo Escobar. And I count. I can’t do this all my life. If I have surpassed myself from one city to another, exactly, It’s for the time of attendance. Quite simply. Hello Thomas. Sir, I told you earlier that I am not Pablo Escobar. All right, on that, Effectively, The whole investigation demonstrates this perfectly. He engaged in small-scale drug trafficking in downtown Mulhouse. You have, In addition to the 20 grams of narcotics packaged in 10 sachets, You have a multitude of empty bags. This means that sir, in his apartment, he conditions… Drugs! For all these reasons, I will ask you to impose a sentence of 8 months of imprisonment, which seems to me, in this case, perfectly justified. Thank you anyway, Mr. Walter. SO, globally, He acknowledges everything he is accused of. He didn’t try to be dishonest in saying he never sold, than what was found at his place, it was just personal consumption, as you are used to seeing here, almost systematically. No,
he was in good faith, he explained directly, Yes,
I was selling. These are my lives. Until then, he was someone who worked, who went to the factory every morning to pay himself a salary, So as not to have to do that. So, certainly, There was a moment of confusion. We’re not the people in prison for that, especially someone who has shown he can stay put for over eight years. I think that today, put him in prison, bring him into contact with delinquents who have a much more dangerous profile than him, It’s really not doing him any favors, and above all, it is not doing us any favors as a society. The sentence would be more appropriate, It would be a probationary stay, with, on the one hand, an obligation to provide care and, above all, an obligation to work. That’s what it takes. THANKS. The president does not decide alone. He is accompanied by two assessors, magistrates, who participate in the hearing. Their voice matters as much as his. The decision is collegial. Most of the time, we arrive at something that is relatively consensual. And if you don’t agree, what’s going on? It is an internal figure. We each express our convictions. We always make the youngest in the rank speak, then the second, then the president by last year, Because he is the one who knows the file best. In the room, the accused thinks he passed his oral exam, thanks to the advice of his lawyer. I am zen. The lawyer, This is a good one, he’s a monster. This is typing. I’ve never seen a lawyer like that, It’s typing. But not in the bag, you have to be careful, It’s typing. With his outfit, he is a lawyer. The hearing is resumed, You may sit down. The court, after having deliberated by contradictory decision dated today, finds you guilty of all the facts with which you were charged. In repression, sentences you to 8 months in prison. Which are already fitted out in the form of an electronic armband. Carefree. Did you understand? Yes,
I understand perfectly. What I hope for when I leave the hearing, is that even if the person, let’s say,
dispute the facts, tells me anything, that maybe she will get something out of it anyway, that she will have heard. What we wanted to tell her, what he was told, whether it’s me, whether it is banking, whether it is the public prosecutor, and that he gets something out of it so that we see him in court as little as possible. After some formalities, man is free. An electronic bracelet will be fitted to him a month later. In the courtroom, one case chases another. Two men are accused of trying to rob a restaurant. One is Algerian, the other Libyan. They are assisted by a translator, because he doesn’t speak French. You are, sir, being prosecuted in this regard in court for having been in Saint-Louis. Attempting to fraudulently remove property with the following two aggravating circumstances: on the one hand, the acts were committed with the use or threat of a weapon, in this case a telescopic baton. And that they were committed by several people acting as perpetrators or accomplices. The victims, The owners of the restaurant, are present at the hearing. The individual hit my son on the top of the head. The second individual repeatedly tried to stab my son in the abdomen. The father came with his eldest son. Both are traumatized. It’s hard to see that your family could die. She comes, She stabs people and steals things. That makes two, It’s been three days since it happened. Actually, we can’t sleep. What did we do to put this in? When it happened with a knife, What do you tell me about it? I didn’t know I was carrying a knife. You didn’t know you were carrying a knife You remember more You weren’t aware of it at the time. There was a spontaneous appearance of a knife in your pocket After, I got drunk. They followed me, Afterwards, they hit me with the knife that was at my disposal. They took your own knife to give you the knife to you Yes,
They tore it out. They are the ones who… It was six. Both, look, They hurt me. The defendants have been in France for several months. They do not have a residence permit and live off odd jobs. The Algerian is unknown to the police, unlike his Libyan friend, to the well-stocked locker. 12 convictions to his name in Germany. At the end of these debates, I am absolutely stunned by the bad faith of Mr. Béart. Mr. Béart could dispute the fact that the sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening. I think he would be able to support it. We are really dealing with two individuals who are in absolute radical protest. The facts that they are accused of, even though all the investigations are fully demonstrative. I will ask you to pronounce against Mr. A three-year prison sentence, which seems to me to correspond to the significant gravity of the facts with which he is charged. Regarding Mr. M. Mouhéa,
I will ask you to impose a two-year prison sentence and… I will ask you to issue a permanent judicial ban from French territory. Rare thing, the attitude of the two defendants disarmed even their own lawyer, Master Walter. I think that when you are a lawyer, We must give voice to those who are not always effective enough to do so. I think the first thing to do, It is above all to apologize to those involved, with the victims. So they didn’t do it, I do it on their behalf because I carry their voice. From me, it has less value than theirs. He pleads especially for the man with the clean criminal record, who would have allowed himself to be drawn into the fight by his partner. Without Mr. Mouin, He wouldn’t have done anything, he wouldn’t have come back, he would not have attempted to commit this burglary. Afterwards, for Mr. Mouin, Unfortunately, I don’t have much to say. I wish I could defend him at length and say that he is a good person, Unfortunately. I didn’t just have to do this here, but I have absolutely nothing to say to defend him. You will make the decision based on what you find right. Thank you, master. The court learns the deliberate ways by contradictory decision with regard to both of you and with regard to the participants. Unsurprisingly, The two burglars are sentenced. Three years in prison for one, with a ban on staying on French soil. A year and a half for the other, with a ban on remaining in the department after the sentence. They will have to compensate the victims to the tune of 2,000 euros. Gentlemen,
you will be taken back to the M. Lutterbach. Sir, interpreter, just give the copy of the hearing note to the escorts. The hearing is over. Sometimes it’s better to say as little as possible to avoid upsetting the court. It’s good, This
A situation where I have nothing to say? No,
This is the first time. If it’s just to appear in bad faith and annoy the court, I don’t think it’s helping them either. Just talking for the sake of talking, it’s not interesting. I will go see the following ones, On the other hand. Otherwise, I’ll keep everyone waiting. Long day for the lawyer. Your son comes next. If the files follow one another, The pace in Mulhouse has nothing to do with that of big cities, like Lyon, Marseille or Paris. Over there, An immediate appearance hearing lasts on average only 30 minutes. To avoid this pitfall, Edwige Roux-Morizot has limited the number of files per afternoon to five. I hope that in Mulhouse it remains a justice that takes place. As much as possible, because it’s not that obvious, his time, that is, time to judge. It is extremely important that, while we are going to request sentences sometimes in the order of 2 to 3 years of imprisonment, The people who will be subjected to them have at least had the time to express themselves. So I’m not saying that we don’t do any slaughtering, We do, alas, a little, but we try to limit it. To avoid this kind of justice, a little exception, distributes punishments like in a supermarket. That’s not it. We are not a supermarket, We don’t distribute punishments. We think about it, we think about it, we listen. For four years, in addition to its long-term files, the investigating judge Jean-Baptiste Vidali composes, with its express audiences, short but striking affairs. There are cases I judged a year ago that still wake me up at night. There are cases that I judged 15 days ago, it’s stored on a shelf, I think about it from time to time because it passes me by, There is something that reminds me of it, but otherwise no more than that. We don’t always expect what will affect us in a case. It may be something that resonates with us, It could be a piece of a story that reminds us of something that may have happened to us or to a loved one. It could be a hair color, a look, A striking detail that leaves its mark on us. This file has a particular significance compared to others. Sometimes, What also marks, It is the distress of the victims before the court, especially in the Meurs cases. Two years ago, in this small residential area, it’s midnight, the streets are almost empty. Cassiopeia, 22 years old. Is quietly at his window, on the phone with a friend. I became aware of a presence, a gaze on me. I thought I’d still look at myself, look up and see what’s going on, if there really is a look at me. That’s when I realized there was a man sitting there masturbating while watching me. He approached me, He stared at me without ever saying a word. She has the reflex to film her attacker. He wore a mask and a cap, so identification was almost impossible. She calls the police, but the man vanished. We were under curfew during the Covid period. For me, the person must have lived in my neighborhood to have disappeared so quickly. I didn’t understand how someone could come here by chance, walking around in the middle of the night, with no public transport at that time. So for me, It was someone in my neighborhood. I was afraid I had been spotted. I was afraid to walk alone in the street, to be alone in the street. I thought that a dog, It was a good option to allow me to go outside again and feel safe. Despite everything, Cassiopeia develops a fear of the dark. She is being followed by a shrink. She thinks the man is prowling around her house. In fact, almost a year later, The exhibitionist returns to her house. This time, It’s his mother who sees him. I got out, I have a dog walk and I’m going for a run. But I react in the heat of the moment, In fact. It was Cassiopeia who reminded me. But mom, come back, come back. But by the time I get out, that I open the gate with a key, he has already started running. The man managed to escape again. Cassiopeia’s anxieties intensify. He was finally arrested a few weeks ago. He acknowledges the facts, but he appears before the court free. Here it is, sitting at the back of the room. In addition to Cassiopeia, The defendant claimed two other victims. Teenage girls. Sir, you may begin to approach. I’ll wait until everyone is ready. SO, as regards the facts, Sir, how do you explain This damage, In fact, It’s excess stress. At some point, There is an impulse that I cannot control. If the person does not react, This is where the exhibition can take place. SO In relation to the facts themselves, Sir,
I was just asking you to step aside. I will eventually hear if some of the civil parties want to be heard directly. The mother of one of the teenagers testified. So,
I don’t know if it’s you I want to address, but perhaps to this gentleman. I don’t know if he has any children. So think of his children, Please. This must not happen again. Take care of yourself, Please. But that’s not fair. This is not fair. She is 14 years old. She should have discovered this at other times, in another way. Pardon. No,
please, Mrs. So, does anyone else want to speak? So, hello, Mrs. Do you want to express yourself about how you felt and how you feel today about the facts? Me,
following that, I adopted a dog, two months after the events, because I didn’t dare go outside anymore, In fact, but really not at all alone. For me,
it wasn’t the fear that was truly re-masturbating under my window that scared me the most. It was that I would come home and he would rape me because I don’t know what he’s capable of if he saw me on the street. Face to face. So, please, Sir, you may return to the stand. Would you like to take action on what has been said, In particular, the consequences on the lives of the people who were victims of these events? Yes, So I see that there is definitely trauma. I am ashamed, I’m ashamed. I would like to apologize to the victims. I do have children and I wouldn’t have wanted that done to me either. This is to answer the lady. In his fifties, married, two student children, He works as an executive in a company. He has already been convicted four times for similar offences. I am happy to have the floor for your requests. Thank you, Madam President. Ladies of the Court. As part of this file, what I learned, This is a sentence that Sir quoted, Finally, he said, in the context of his police custody, which was “I’m not doing this to harm people, I do it for myself, I do not wish to attack.” Today, these victims, There is what they saw, And then there’s whatever you think the person is capable of doing. And she talked about rape. And what do we know if it doesn’t go any further? Given the age of two of the youngest victims, The man faces two years in prison and a fine of 30,000 euros. But once we said that, How do we get out of this? How do we stop it? 20 years of sexual deviance? So, for me, This is typically something that falls under the domain of psychiatry and psychology. I would be hard pressed to say that a prison sentence here will help you make progress and that, on the other hand, I believe that extremely tight care, as part of socio-judicial monitoring, where you will have a coordination of doctors who will be there to help you, seems to me to be the appropriate sentence. Thank you. Thank you, Madam, Prosecutor. Counsel,
you have the floor for the Defense. But what you have to understand, is that unfortunately, You don’t choose to be an exhibitionist. So, today, Unfortunately, we do not have any miracle drugs that would cure this pathology. of this disorder. But on the other hand, we have things, We have follow-ups that can be put in place to effectively control, frame impulses. The court retires to deliberate. The hearing is suspended. Stand up. Sexual exhibitionism is estimated to claim more than 500,000 victims per year in France. But the offense being little denounced, it represents only one percent of immediate appearance cases. The criminal court hearing is resumed, You can sit down, Sir. You are condemned, Sir, as a principal sentence to a socio-judicial monitoring sentence for a period of six years, with an injunction for care. With provisional execution, that means it starts right now, Sir. The man also received a three-year suspended prison sentence, of registration in the sex offender registry. He will have to compensate Cassiopée to the tune of 1,500 euros for his loss. The hearing is adjourned. My feeling about the audience isn’t great, actually. I’ve been through these two years of stress and I don’t think it’s going to go away like that. A little bit of magic wand. I myself am seeing a shrink because of him, while he doesn’t make the effort to go see a shrink. So it’s very frustrating and it’s a lot of adrenaline pressure all at once. Thank you. The victims have long been forgotten in this rapid criminal procedure. But since 2021… Systematic support is offered to them at the Mulhouse court. An annual budget of 320,000 euros is allocated to it.
Condamnations en 10 minutes, jugements sans appel : ce documentaire révèle les coulisses de la justice express en France. Entre comparutions immédiates, pression judiciaire et prévenus désarmés, la justice se rend vite… parfois trop vite.
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Berahya-Lazarus Elvire
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00:00 Introduction : une justice sous tension
03:05 Première audience : verdict en 10 minutes
08:42 Le prévenu ne comprend pas les accusations
14:27 Avocat commis d’office : défense à flux tendu
20:30 Pression sur le parquet et la présidente
25:56 Des cas sociaux et psychologiques complexes
32:11 Décision immédiate : détention ou sursis ?
38:09 Témoignages de magistrats épuisés
44:45 La répétition des erreurs judiciaires
49:21 Dernier dossier : 4 minutes de jugement
51:30 Conclusion : rapidité ou brutalité judiciaire ?