An 11-year-old French schoolgirl named Lyhanna was laid to rest Friday as hundreds of mourners gathered in Fleurance, southwestern France. Her suspected murder has prompted a national reckoning with judicial failures that allowed the case to reach such a tragic point. According to France 24, the incident has sparked widespread outrage over how the legal system failed to protect a vulnerable child.

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