Overview
- Lucas Larivée has filed an appeal of his conviction and 30-year prison sentence for raping and killing Justine Vayrac.
- The Corrèze assize court had set a 20-year period of security, which blocks any chance of early release during that time.
- In France, assize-court convictions can be appealed to an appellate assize court that hears the case again in full.
- The victim’s family called the appeal “a cold shower,” and her father said the decision was very painful.
- Larivée’s lawyer plans a press conference to explain the defense position as the appellate phase gets underway.