The former French president zealously promoted a zero-tolerance penal system. Luckily for him, his prison visitors include powerful friends The former French president zealously promoted a zero-tolerance penal system. Luckily for him, his prison visitors include powerful friends T wenty years ago, a tragic event changed the direction of my life. Three teenagers from the banlieue of Clichy-sous-Bois, north of Paris, were returning from a football game one afternoon in late October 2005 when they