PARIS (AP) — A court in Paris will decide whether to release France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy from prison on Monday, just 20 days after he was incarcerated.

He was sentenced to five years in prison following his conviction for criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his winning 2007 campaign with funds from Libya.

Sarkozy, 70, is the first former president of modern France sentenced to actual time behind bars. He was previously convicted on corruption charges, but was ordered to wear an electric monitor rather than serve a prison sentence.

Sarkozy’s legal team is appealing his conviction and has also filed a request for an early release. An appeal trial is to take place at a later date, possibly in the spring.

On Monday, a court in Paris is to examine his request for releas

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