Representatives of the legal community regret that the prison term for fugitive defendants is not higher, although a former developer ordered an attack on a lawyer in 2020.
“I expected the same sentence as the main criminals, this is a person who decided to attack the justice system. This is due to a civil dispute, he decided to attack a member of the system, and this is for his financial gain,” notes M.e Alexandra Longueville.
A criminal lawyer believes that the prison sentence was handed down to Jean-François Malot, who hired two men to attack lawyer M.e Nicolas Daudelin, now a judge, is very light-hearted in 2020, given the seriousness of the crimes.
The two attackers, Sheikh Ahmed Tidian and Dauda Dieng, who showed up at the judge's house before shooting in his direction, will have to spend twice as much time in prison as the mastermind of the act.
Strong reactions
When he left the courtroom Thursday afternoon, M.e Tian Meng, Crown Prosecutor, also mentioned Magazine that the verdict was “very different from what was hoped for.”
“What is troubling is that in the five-year sentence we took into account that this person is a law enforcement officer? An attack on a member of the justice system is not a small thing. These people should be able to practice their profession without fear for their safety,” adds M.e Alexandra Longueville.
“A lawyer should not have to put his life in danger to feed his family,” she continued.
Concerns
“Such a decision is disappointing for victims, the message sent to society, and lawyers,” M. emphasizes.e Alen-Guy Sipovo.
The lawyer and associate professor of criminology at the University of Montreal also emphasizes that such a decision raises concerns.
“There is a difference between the person who orders the commission of a crime and the person who carries it out, since the person committing the act is free to act. On the other hand, we may wonder whether our justice system should not punish the instigator more severely,” Mr. Sipovo notes.
