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Old 19th Dec 2010, 16:09
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So it may seem to some that a 'criminal' trial creates the aura of finality.
I went to some lengths to explain that the trial was not "criminal".

Now, French procedure may be hard to grasp for those not familiar with it.

I have done my best to explain it in the context of this tragic case.

Justice is rarely in place for the purpose of assuring finality, if by finality one is thinking of the bereaved families of the victims, for example. Are people affected in some way better off by attributing cause to "X" or to "Y"?

It is awkward, nay some would say sordid, that in the ultimate, people, corporate bodies or agencies have to be found responsible for the causes of events such as this.

But that is the way that the compensation mechanism flows.
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