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Kobili Traore
Sarah Halimi (Courtesy of the Confédération des Juifs de France et des amis d'Israël)
April 26, 2021, 5:19 pm
France to revise ‘cannabis loophole’ after Sarah Halimi’s killer escapes trial
Justice minister's announcement came as thousands of people met at simultaneous rallies around the world
By Michael Daventry
The scene outside the French Embassy on Sunday.
April 25, 2021, 7:30 pm
Protest at French Embassy after killer spared trial because he smoked cannabis
Kobili Traore was found not responsible for the death of Sarah Halimi because he was high on marijuana when he threw her from a window, shouting: “I killed the demon".
By Jewish News Reporter
Sarah Halimi (Courtesy of the Confédération des Juifs de France et des amis d'Israël)
April 21, 2021, 6:29 pm
London rally called outside French embassy to protest Sarah Halimi verdict
Sunday's event is timed to coincide with rallies across France against a court ruling that said a Jewish woman's killer cannot stand trial
By Michael Daventry
Sarah Halimi (Courtesy of the Confédération des Juifs de France et des amis d'Israël)
April 15, 2021, 3:54 pm
French court upholds decision not to try man who killed Jewish neighbour
Kobili Traore will not have to stand trial over the 2017 killing of Sarah Halimi, because the court said he was too high on marijuana to be criminally responsible for his actions
By JTA
Sarah Halimi (Courtesy of the Confédération des Juifs de France et des amis d'Israël)
January 6, 2020, 11:29 am
Thousands march in France over decision to not prosecute Jewish woman’s killer
Paris' Republique Square filled with crowds protesting the decision not to try Kobili Traore, 29, who brutally killed Sarah Halimi in 2017
By JTA
Sarah Halimi (Courtesy of the Confédération des Juifs de France et des amis d'Israël)
December 20, 2019, 1:24 pm
Paris court: Killer of Jewish woman not responsible for actions due to marijuana
Communal anger after court relieved Kobili Traore, 29, of criminal responsibility for his slaying of Sarah Halimi
By JTA
Sarah Halimi (Courtesy of the Confédération des Juifs de France et des amis d'Israël)
July 19, 2019, 12:33 pm
Judge rules French woman’s killer not criminally liable as he consumed marijuana
Jewish umbrella group in France brands decision again Muslim man who killed Sarah Halimi 'unsurprising but hardly justifiable'
By JTA
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