In spite of all the jokes about French wimps and cowards, French law enforcement actually has a reputation for not playing games in these kinds of situations, and the French criminal justice system doesn't coddle criminals. In France, violent offenders get a tiny concrete cell, not the posh resorts that do-gooder "reformers" created in Scandinavian countries (and to some extent in Holland and Germany).
“In spite of all the jokes about French wimps and cowards”
Which even a cursory look shows is utterly without merit. Its one of the most ignorant lines of humor ever.