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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at Paris's La Santé prison to begin a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy tied to Libyan financing of his 2007 campaign — the first ex-leader of modern France to be jailed. Hand in hand with his wife, he left home to cheers from hundreds of supporters and declared that an innocent man was being locked up. Held in solitary for security, he contests the conviction and his pre-appeal incarceration; his lawyers filed for immediate release. He will get limited outdoor time and family visits, and plans to write about the experience.

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