51 men found guilty in a rape trial that horrified France

Dominique Pelicot, who admitted to drugging and raping his wife for nearly a decade and inviting dozens of strangers to join him, was convicted Thursday of aggravated rape and other charges and sentenced to death. maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The court also convicted 50 other defendants, mostly for rape. Catherine Porter, a reporter for the New York Times, followed the four-month trial and reports from Avignon.