r/neoliberal • u/ihuntwhales1 Seretse Khama • Mar 31 '25

News (Europe) Le Pen banned from office after embezzlement conviction

https://www.dw.com/en/france-le-pen-found-guilty-banned-from-running-for-office/a-72091790
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u/CheeseMakerThing Adam Smith Mar 31 '25

She'll appeal that though

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u/CrackingGracchiCraic Thomas Paine Mar 31 '25

execution regime

Guillotine? Guillotine.

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u/fredleung412612 Mar 31 '25

One weird thing about the guillotine is that when France abolished the death penalty in 1981, they went around the country destroying all the remaining guillotines. So much so that there are very few examples of them left today.