A-Infos (en) France, OCL CA #360 - Verdict in the trial of the defendants of June 15, 2021 in Limoges (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Since June 15, 2021, we have regularly followed the arrests of our 
comrades, the organization of their support, and the preparation and 
proceedings of their trial in Courant Alternatif. ---- Following the 
trial on March 19 and 20, we were quite optimistic about the outcome. On 
Friday, April 3, 2026, the Limoges court delivered its verdict in the 
June 15 case. The comrades were sentenced to terms far less severe than 
those requested by the prosecution. The two defendants were convicted: 
one to a three-year suspended sentence, the other to a two-year 
suspended sentence. They are also prohibited from associating with each 
other for three years. The judgment on civil damages has been postponed 
until September 2.

The support committee and the defendants used this trial as a platform 
against digital technology, drawing several hundred people. The 
arguments presented by witnesses and the substantive debates captivated 
the court, the public, and the press alike.
The support committee for the defendants believes that these convictions 
reflect the justice system's consideration of two essential elements:

- first, a recognition of the severity of the nearly five years of 
pre-trial supervision, which constituted a veritable "sentence before 
the sentence" for the defendants, and which it seemed only fair not to 
impose a significantly harsher penalty.

- second, the signal of a breakthrough, so necessary and urgent, in the 
public debate on the main issue raised by this trial: the questioning of 
the imposed digital onslaught, at work in our societies for several 
decades, a source of colossal damage to the environment and human societies.

It was necessary to wait 20 days to ensure that the public prosecutor's 
office and the Attorney General would not appeal the judges' decision. 
We can now rest assured; there is no appeal.

This outcome, the most positive possible for this type of action, can be 
attributed in part to the "judicial lottery," which means that one can 
have the good fortune of encountering magistrates (in this case, the 
judge of freedoms and detention at the beginning of the case, the 
presiding judge during the trial) who are more receptive than others.

Above all, it must be attributed to the tenacity of the support 
committee and the lawyers who, in agreement with the defendants, 
succeeded in building and imposing a debate focused on the substance of 
the case rather than on the facts. The defendants and the support 
committee warmly thank the witnesses as well as everyone from all 
networks who provided moral, financial, and in-person support.

AD Limoges

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