Dupont‑Aignan Presses Wide Justice Overhaul After Lyhanna Case

Overview

• Nicolas Dupont‑Aignan used a TV and radio interview to link the recent Lyhanna murder to long‑standing failings in the French justice system and demanded a broad reconstruction of that system.
• He cited reporting that the prime suspect, identified as Jérôme B, had faced prior complaints for sexual offenses yet remained free, and said this showed prosecutors and enforcement had failed victims.
• As part of his presidential platform the Debout la France leader proposed doubling the number of magistrates, changing the judicial recruitment system, and planning a ten‑year effort to rebuild the justice chain.
• Dupont‑Aignan called for a large referendum to simplify criminal procedure, to assert French legal primacy over European law, to reexamine the role of the Constitutional Council, and even to open debate on reintroducing the death penalty.
• Those measures are campaign proposals and would face major legal and treaty limits because France is bound by European human‑rights and EU law, while the proposals are likely to intensify political debate and mobilize voters on law and order issues.