France ruling expands legal protections for persons held in police custody

[JURIST] The Constitutional Council [official website], France's highest constitutional authority, ruled Friday that French police may no longer hold suspects for 48 hours without telling them their rights or bringing charges. Since President Nicolas Sarkozy's [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] came to power in 2007 the number of people in ...

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