Man who burned woman alive jailed

[dogday]

CRETEIL, France (Reuters) -- A French court sentenced a man to 25 years in prison on Saturday for burning to death a teenage girl in a garbage depot in a Parisian suburb.

Outrage over the death of 17-year-old Sohane Benziane in October 2002 produced a wave of feminist protest across France, with women rallying against an atmosphere of fear and violence haunting many girls in poor suburbs.

In the trial, Jamal Derrar, 22, admitted having led Benziane into the garbage depot, dousing her with petrol and threatening her with a lighter, but he said he only wanted to scare her.

His friend Tony Rocca, 23, was sentenced to eight years for complicity in the crime.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/08/france.trial.reut/index.html


I think they should set his ass on fire, the bastard

[babylonsister]

1. Only 25 years? Time for "and eye for an eye".

:grr:

[boobooday]

2. He only wanted to scare her?

I say tie him up and put him in a room with some women who are instructed to 'scare him.'

[Warpy]

3. No, the rest of his life in solitary will be sufficient

He and his buddy both deserve this punishment. They are not fit to be around any other human beings as long as they live.

Murder by the state is never a solution.

[BayCityProgressive]

4. well

I am torn on the death penalty. If I was her family member death for him would sure sound like a good solution to me. Not this lethal injection shit either. Something much more painful.