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A French justice minister, a murdered child, and a state that can't explain itself
Gérald Darmanin's refusal to step down after a string of judicial failures in the case of an 11-year-old's killing has turned a local crime into a test of how France's Fifth Republic handles the gap between political accountability and prosecutorial independence.

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This editorial synthesis draws on the following public wire/social posts:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rald_Darmanin
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(France)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontarlier
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