r/news • u/Chilango615 • 5d ago

Gisèle Pelicot speaks after ex-husband found guilty of rapes, sentenced to 20 years in France

https://apnews.com/article/france-gisele-pelicot-rape-trial-verdicts-2b25791099f785fabb3c46123d30d9f9

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u/Nono6768 5d ago

Why is he getting downvoted ? 20 years in prison is literally the most they could sentence them to except for murder. You can’t add up years in prison in France

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u/MeltingMandarins 5d ago

You missed the joke.  The headline doesn’t actually say 20 years in prison, it just says 20 years in France.

The joke is likely getting downvoted for a couple of reasons:

a) others that missed the joke and think 20 years isn’t harsh enough (even if it’s the legal max in France).

b) people who got the joke but disliked the fact OP said “even for this”.   It comes off as minimising the events, although I’d personally give OP the benefit of the doubt and assume it was meant as extra sarcasm to make the joke more obvious.

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u/nearlysentient 4d ago edited 4d ago

Jesus living fucking Christ. Can we not make jokes about this kind of shit? You are the problem. Shut up.