Title : Bête noire. "Condemned to plead" - Éric Dupond-Moretti, Stéphane Durand-Souffland - book

Summary :

Praised by his admirers, criticized by many
of magistrates, the "black beast" of the courts
is explained for the first time.

No, he is not fascinated by evil, but he defends both the presumption of innocence and the right – for criminals of all stripes – to a just sentence that does not vary from one to the next.
No, he is not the enemy of magistrates, but he questions the absence of the notion of humanity in their oath, while it appears in that of lawyers. Because those who entrust their destiny to him are also human beings, whose lifeline sometimes inspires a certain clemency in jurors.
No, he's not against the state, but he's often revolted by the way the justice system works. Like no one else has done before, he recounts the small arrangements, influences, and traps that can skew a verdict. Through anecdotes and edifying memories of the major assize trials in which he participated, he paints a portrait of an implacable judicial system, in which the defense is barely tolerated, even when it desperately tries to avoid miscarriages of justice.

"I decided to become a lawyer at the age of fifteen. It was July 28, 1976, and I heard on the radio that Christian Ranucci, the man in the "red sweater," had been executed at dawn. This is not the story of a vocation that I tell here, but of a kind of fate. I am condemned to plead. "

• EAN : 9782749916163
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