Insanity defense for Halimi's killer in France sparks outrage
In 2015, another Muslim with no prior history of mental illness, Farid Haddouche, was deemed unfit to stand trial for stabbing Jews in Marseille.
Sarah Halimi was brutally murdered in her Paris home by Kobili Traore, who was not prosecuted because lawyers attributed his actions to a “massive psychotic episode” caused by smoking marijuana.(photo credit: SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER)ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA