Shocker: former president of France Nicolas Sarkozy has been convicted of corruption and has been sentenced to a year in jail. See here:
PARIS (AP) — A Paris court found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling on Monday and sentenced him to a year in prison. He can ask to serve that time at home and also plans to appeal.
The 66-year-old, who was president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted of trying to bribe a magistrate in exchange for information about a legal case in which he was implicated.
I haven't followed France-related news that closely, so this came as a shock to me. It feels a bit like the "justice" meted out in South Korea, where politicians are convicted and jailed in a neverending cycle of revenge. Too bad for Sarko, really; I kinda liked him.
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