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Exceptionally, the “Special Envoy” teams obtained authorization to film an appeal trial in an assize court in its entirety. That of a “blood crime on a woman committed by her spouse”.
Usually, the cameras stay at the door of this courtroom where lives are turned upside down. But exceptionally the teams of “Special Envoy” obtained authorization to film the entirety of an appeal trial in an assize court. That of a “blood crime on a woman committed by her spouse”.
The story of a divorce procedure, between two parents of five children, which turns into a tragedy. The accused denies any premeditation. However, according to the civil parties, daughters, sisters and new companion of the victim, that night owes nothing to chance. Is this a murder or an assassination? At first instance, premeditation was not accepted. What will happen during this appeal trial?
How does an assize court work?
This unpublished document is also an opportunity to decipher in detail an assize trial. How do those who run this court actually work? How is it constituted? Who are the judges and what is their role? “Special Envoy” takes you to the assizes, to the heart of this jurisdiction which inflicts the heaviest sentences.
A report by Floriane Chaume, Chloé Vienne, Sébastien Girodon, Antonin Marcel and Alexandre Amaral produced by Cover Films, broadcast in “Special Envoy” on May 25, 2023.
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