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A woman talks and thanks Valerie Bacot (L) as she leaves Chalon-sur-Saone Courthouse, flanked by relatives and lawyers applauded and congratulated by passers-by, in Chalon-sur-Saone, central-eastern France, on June 25, 2021 at the end of her trial on charges of murdering her stepfather turned husband, who she claimed abused her since she was 12. - Valerie Bacot was sentenced on June 25, 2021 to a symbolic four-year prison term, three of which were suspended, for the murder of her pimp husband, allowing her to walk out of court free, having already spent a year in custody. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP) (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD/AFP via Getty Images)