The Penalty That the Prosecutor Asks For Killing Three (of One's Own) Newborns? Ten Years Behind Bars

Asking the jury not to "demonize" Véronique Courjault, the mother who, over four years, killed three of her newborns, the prosecutor asked the jury to sentence her to ten years in jail — or three and 2/3 years per murder.

Pretty soon, protests towards — no, not the leniency — the severity (!) of the prosecution's (!) demand (not even the jury's final sentence) started appearing on Le Monde's website! One (male) reader offering this piece of immortal philosophy:

Vanité de l'homme qui croit connaître le vivant, juge et condamne. Quand est ce que l'homme acceptera de regarder ce qu'il est : Rien ou si peu. De quel droit le genre humain se permet il de juger du comportement de ses freres de race alors qu'il ignore TOUT de lui même.

Another voice joining the chorus thought she had it all figured out when she said that

Le Code civil a été écrit par des hommes, et il s'agit d'une femme

That (female) reader felt compelled to add this piece of heroic prose:

Liberté pour cette femme, notre soeur, notre doute, notre terreur à toutes