Protests in France over court decision not to try murderer due to ‘delirious state’

Thousands took to streets in France on Sunday to protest a top court’s decision not to try a man who killed his 65-year-old Jewish neighbor in 2017. The court’s reasoning: the perpetrator was in a, quote, “delirious state” during the attack, which was aggravated by his consumption of cannabis. Rebecca Rosman reports from Paris.

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