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Paul Legendre’s Huffington Post article on hate murder of Jewish man in Paris

7-16-2009

Check out Paul’s piece in the Huffington Post on the Ilan Halimi case.

In February 2006, Halimi was kidnapped, tortured and killed because he was
a Jew. He was held captive for twenty-four days during which he was stabbed and
burned with cigarettes and acid before being found naked and handcuffed to a
tree.

Last week, the leader of a Paris gang was sentenced to life in prison, and other trials continue.

Paul underlines the importance of criminal justice in fighting hate crimes. Read the whole opinion piece.