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Cantat, looking wan and dejected in a Lithuanian courtroom, has insisted that Tritignant's death was "an unhappy accident" and not a crime. Sympathising, the left-wing daily Liberation said Cantat's life had been "destroyed by a moment of madness".

There are other cases, in France, of "progressive" men who have been brutal to women relatives, and this has been seen as socially acceptable. The French Marxist philosopher, Louis Althusser, who strangled his wife, is but one example. He served a very short sentence (only a year or two) and went back to a privileged life among the Parisian leftist intelligencia.

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The French Marxist philosopher, Louis Althusser, who strangled his wife, is but one example. He served a very short sentence (only a year or two) and went back to a privileged life among the Parisian leftist intelligencia.

Oh, but he must have had a good reason/sarc.

I've heard this is typical for these "crimes of passion." The judges are so understanding. No one serves much time for murder in the Enlightened Country of France. Or other latin countries where "honor killings" ("she was cheating on me") are excused.

Barbarians.