The authority should not be too cautious when it comes to allowing a convicted person to serve his sentence with an electronic bracelet. This is what a recent judgment of the Criminal Appeals Chamber of the Canton of Geneva (CPR) reminds us. A 50-year-old, ruined Swiss national, sentenced to 60 day-fines converted into as many days in prison (to which must be added 6 days for an unpaid fine of 600 francs), won his case by defending himself. The decision of the Penalties and Measures Enforcement Service (Sapem), which provided for semi-detention rather than home surveillance for fear of a recurrence of this regular embezzlement of salary deductions, is canceled.
For the Geneva judges, the electronic bracelet must take precedence over semi-detention
