After ten months of hearings, the special assize court of Paris is due to deliver its verdict on Wednesday evening June 29 in the trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015. Pending the decision of the magistrates, RFI devotes a special edition to this trial River.
Since Monday, the five professional magistrates who make up the court and their four deputies have been confined, without the possibility of leaving, in a “secure” barracks in the Paris region.
During their closed session, they will have to decide on the responsibility of the accused ” in the sincerity of their conscience and on the charges against each of them. “ The law asks them only this one question, which contains the full extent of their duties: “Do you have an intimate conviction”? “recalled President Jean-Louis Périès.
The judges will not join the courthouse until Wednesday to announce their fate to the fourteen defendants present at the trial. ” The hearing will normally resume on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 from 5 p.m. “, announced Jean-Louis Périès before suspending the hearing Monday at the end of the morning. The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (Pnat) has called for life sentences against five of the 14 defendants present – six others are being tried in their absence.
Before the court delivers its verdict, RFI returns to this river trial – the longest in post-war French judicial history – during a special edition this Wednesday, from 7:10 a.m. to 8 a.m. Paris time.
► Click on the image to listen to our special edition
To return to these months of trial and the expectations of all parties before the verdict, Arnaud Pontus welcomes to the RFI studios:
Bahareh Akramivictim of the Carillon attack, which follows and chronicles the trial in drawing
Me Frederique Giffardcivil party lawyer
Martin Mechindefense lawyer, representing Ali El Haddad Asufi
Philippe Duperronpresident of the 13Onze15 association and father of Thomas, who died in Bataclan