Comment by oblio
3 months ago
French law is based on an entirely different legal system compared to US (and Anglosphere law):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_legal_systems...
It might not be possible to do something like that in France (though I assume there are other mechanisms available in that case).
Louisiana has a bunch of French law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Louisiana
And your point of trivia is not applicable here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals... -> Louisiana isn't in the list for the court that handled that trial.