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France<br />

François Hollande pardons woman for murder<br />

of husband<br />

Jacqueline Sauvage receives presidential pardon and is released from prison in ‘strong message’ to<br />

domestic abuse victims<br />

Hollande says Sauvage should not be in prison but ‘with her family’ following campaign for her<br />

release. Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters<br />

Associated Press in Paris<br />

Wednesday 28 December <strong>2016</strong> 21.49 GMT Last modified on Wednesday 28 December <strong>2016</strong><br />

22.47 GMT<br />

A French woman who was convicted of murdering her allegedly violent husband has been freed from<br />

prison after a second intervention from the country’s president.<br />

Two hours after François Hollande gave her a complete pardon, Jacqueline Sauvage, 69, was seen<br />

leaving a prison southeast of Paris after spending more than three years behind bars.<br />

Hollande had issued a partial pardon at the end of January, but the courts twice rejected applications<br />

for her release. <strong>The</strong> case drew public attention to the issue of domestic abuse.

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