Robert Menendez: Humiliating end for the philhellenic senator – The longest sentence for a corrupt politician
The once poor kid who escaped from a Cuban immigrant housing project, managed to study at a university, became a respected lawyer, was elected mayor of Union City and rose to the US Congress, was sentenced to 11 years in prison
Dominique Pelicot: Guilty of all charges in the rape of his wife
The sentence against Pelicot is expected to be announced later, with the prosecutor requesting a 20-year prison term
Anger of relatives erupts after court decision on Mati tragedy – “Shame on you, don’t you have children?”
After the announcement of the redeemable sentences, some people approached threateningly to the bench and even threw chairs - "We should make them a fundraiser and give them donations," they shouted
