AVIGNON, France >> In a packed courtroom today in Avignon, France, the head judge asked each of the dozens of men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot — while she was nearly comatose, and at the invitation of her husband of 50 years — to stand briefly. Then he pronounced their convictions swiftly, one after the other: all guilty.

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After 16 weeks, the Pelicot rape trial is over. A French court has found 51 men guilty in the trial including Ms Pelicot's ex-husband Dominique. Dominique Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping Ms Pelicot, as well as inviting others to rape her while she was unconscious.

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PARIS (Reuters) –     A French court found Dominique Pelicot guilty on Thursday of repeatedly drugging and raping his wife for almost a decade, and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her unconscious body. All the Frenchman’s 50 co-defendants were also found guilty of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault.  Below are some of the reactions to a trial that shocked the world.  GERMAN CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ “The shame must change sides. Thank you,…

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CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses sexual assault.    In a case that’s shocked France and the world, Gisèle Pelicot has finally seen justice served. All 51 men involved in her decade-long ordeal of drugging and rape have been found guilty of rape, with her ex-husband copping the maximum 20-year sentence.
	
		      The 72-year-old grandmother faced the media outside the Avignon c…

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Almost all of Gisèle Pelicot's rapists, with the exception of her husband, received shorter sentences than the prosecutors had requested. Six of them were released from court, having already served their sentence or received a suspension.

Casi todos los violadores de Gisèle Pelicot, a excepción de su marido, recibieron penas más cortas de las que habían pedido los fiscales. Seis de ellos salieron libres del tribunal, tras haber cumplido ya la duración de su condena o recibir una suspensión

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Dozens of men, including the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot, were found guilty Thursday of raping and sexually assaulting her in a historic trial that shocked France.  Speaking with journalists in the southern town of Avignon after the verdicts were read, Pelicot, 72, said the outcome of her case gave her faith in a future in which “everybody, women, men can live together in harmony, in respect and in mutual understanding.”	 Pelicot, who has becom…

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Dominique Pelicot, who admitted to drugging and raping his wife for nearly a decade and having invited dozens of strangers to join him, was convicted on Thursday of aggravated rape and other charges and sentenced to a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The court also convicted the other 50 defendants, most of them on rape charges. Catherine Porter, a New York Times reporter, followed the four-month trial and reports from Avignon. The post 5…

Dominique Pelicot, que admitió haber drogado y violado a su esposa durante casi una década y haber invitado a decenas de desconocidos a unirse a él, fue declarado culpable el jueves de violación agravada y otros cargos y sentenciado a una pena máxima de 20 años de prisión. El tribunal también condenó a los otros 50 acusados, la mayoría de ellos por cargos de violación. Catherine Porter, reportera del New York Times, siguió el juicio de cuatro me…

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