The electronic monitor that Marine Le Pen now must wear, even if she decides to run for the presidency, is a measure that’s common in France, in part to ease prison overcrowding. A Paris appeals court on Tuesday declared the far-right leader guilty of embezzlement and fined her €100,000 ($114,000). But it reduced her ban on elected office from five years to 45 months — two-thirds of which are suspended. It also cut her prison sentence from four years to three, two of which are suspended. The court said the one year is to be served under house arrest with an electronic monitor. France suffers from persistent prison overcrowding and worsening detention conditions, according to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture. Monitors keep from adding to that problem. Under French law, electronic home detention requires a person to wear an electronic ankle monitor and prohibits them from leaving their home, or another designated location, except during the hours authorized by the judge.
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