The life of Joël Pierrot, a young farmer from the Meuse, falters the day he is wrongly accused of the robbery of a restaurant-bowling alley. Despite his innocence, Joël, then 21 years old, did not resist the pressure of the police. He breaks down and confesses... Joël will spend 171 days in prison until the day when those responsible, arrested for another case, confess and suddenly exonerate Joël... How can men and women who lead normal lives be caught overnight in an infernal spiral? How can you confess to a crime you didn't commit? In this episode of "Dans les Yeux d'Olivier", the podcast adapted by Europe 1 Studio, Joël Pierrot confides his story to Olivier Delacroix.

2022-04-13T04:08:58.041Z

The life of Joël Pierrot, a young farmer from the Meuse, falters the day he is wrongly accused of the robbery of a restaurant-bowling alley. Despite his innocence, Joël, then 21 years old, did not resist the pressure of the police. He breaks down and confesses... Joël will spend 171 days in prison until the day when those responsible, arrested for another case, confess and suddenly exonerate Joël... How can men and women who lead normal lives to be caught overnight in an infernal spiral? How can you confess to a crime you didn't commit? In this episode of "Dans les Yeux d'Olivier", the podcast adapted by Europe 1 Studio, Joël Pierrot confides his story to Olivier Delacroix.