(25 Jul 2002)

1. Wideshot of exterior of La Sante prison in Paris where Papon is incarcerated
2. French flag
3. Setup shot of Maurice Papon's lawyer, Francis Vuillemin
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Francis Vuillemin, Papon's Lawyer:
"A lot of people in France believed that the Papon case was finished for several years, this is false. This decision of the European Court of Human Rights which condemned France is the first step of a new procedure. Maurice Papon and his lawyers want a new trial before a new cour d'asise (a new court) not the one of Bordeaux, another one elsewhere in France, Grenoble or Paris why not? And this decision of the Europe Court of Human Rights is the first step in this new procedure."
5. Cutaway of French flag
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Francis Vuillemin, Papon's Lawyer:
"My client, Maurice Papon, is happy. This is a big word but this decision gives him new courage for the following procedure."
7. Cutaway of Vuillemin looking in the opposite direction
8. SOUNDBITE: (French) Francis Vuillemin, Papon's Lawyer:
"We are going to plead in order to obtain the annulment, the abolition of his sentence that occurred in 1998. The ultimate aim, the final objective is obviously to have a new trial."
9. Set up of Serge Klarsfeld, noted Nazi hunter and historian, in his office
10. Closeup of Klarsfeld tilt down to papers he's reading
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Serge Klarsfeld, Nazi Hunter and Lawyer:
"He cannot make an appeal, he can ask for a new trial but it's quite impossible he will not have this second trial, it's almost impossible."
12. Pan from bookcase to Klarsfeld at work
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Serge Klarsfeld, Nazi Hunter and Lawyer:
"The French authorities, the French President as well as the French Prime Minister have reiterated their condemnation, not only of the Vichy state but also of those who were the servants or executors of Vichy so the only one in jail is Papon so he will remain in jail in my opinion."
14. Cutaway of Klarsfeld reading

STORYLINE:

The European Court of Human Rights told France on Thursday to grant Maurice Papon a proper appeal against his 1998 conviction.

The conviction was for aiding in the deportation of 17 hundred Jews to Nazi camps in World War II from the Bordeaux area where he was police chief.

By denying Papon - who is 91, ailing and serving a 10-year jail term in Paris' Sante Prison - the right to appeal his conviction, France violated his right to a fair trial under the European Convention of human rights.

The court granted Papon 29 thousand euros (29 thousand dollars) in compensation for costs and expenses.

The rights court said the gravity of Papon's offenses was no reason for France not to protect his basic human rights.

Emerging from La Sante prison after a visit with Papon, his lawyer, Francis Vuillemin said his client was encouraged by the news despite what is still an uncertain future.

Meanwhile, Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld who spearheaded the case against Papon back in late nineties that led to his conviction doubts the former Vichy official will ever be freed from prison.

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