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PARIS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Six teenagers go on trial behind closed doors on Monday, accused of involvement in the beheading of French history teacher Samuel Paty by a suspected Islamist in 2020 in an attack that struck at the heart of the country's secular values.

The teacher had shown his pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a class on freedom of expression, angering a number of Muslim parents. Muslims believe that any depiction of the Prophet is blasphemous.

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[-] meat_popsicle@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you play by felony murder rules, they’re just as guilty since they participated in the planning and actively participated (by waiting for / stalking the victim and pointing him out to their co-conspirator).

In some places if you help plan and participate in a crime that results in a death you’re equally culpable of the murder - even if you weren’t in the same room as the killing. Escape car drivers frequently get death row for a murder that happened in the course of the crime.

[-] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 5 points 1 year ago

The dude showed up at their school and found some 14 year olds that would tell him who the teacher was for money.

He also told them he was just going to make the teacher apologize, not cut his fucking head off, my guy.

Slow your roll with sticking some tricked dumb kids to prison for life over some shit they had no control over to begin with.

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