Summary

Zaheer Mahmood, 29, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for attempting to murder two people with a meat cleaver outside Charlie Hebdo’s former Paris office in 2020.

Influenced by radical Pakistani preacher Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Mahmood attacked two Premieres Lignes employees, mistaking the office for Charlie Hebdo’s, which had relocated after the 2015 al-Qaeda attack.

Five accomplices were jailed for supporting Mahmood. The victims, who suffered severe injuries, rejected Mahmood’s apology.

Mahmood, an illegal immigrant to France since 2017, was also convicted of terrorist conspiracy.

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    2 days ago

    There have also been life sentences where innocent people die before they’re exonerated.

    Also, losing decades of your life for something you didn’t do isn’t any more acceptable because you have the potential of going free if you’re proven innocent.

    All you people are saying is you’re cool with imprisoning potentially innocent people for life, which completely nullifies your argument of avoiding the death penalty because “they may be innocent.”

    • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
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      There have also been life sentences where innocent people die before they’re exonerated.

      So… we might as well kill anyways?

      At this point, I just have to assume you’re a troll.

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        2 days ago

        So… we might as well kill anyways?

        No, so your argument about not punishing the innocent doesn’t hold any water.

        If you’re against the death penalty because they might be innocent, then you should also be against any long-term prison sentence because they might be innocent.

        At this point, I just have to assume you’re a troll.

        Yeah, no. I’m just saying things you don’t like. Blocked.

        • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
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          14 hours ago

          If you’re against the death penalty because they might be innocent, then you should also be against any long-term prison sentence because they might be innocent.

          Well that is a super crazy leap.

          But okay. Block me. You’re a deeply unserious person saying silly things so I’m gonna call this a win. 😂