Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was freed from jail on Monday after serving just three weeks of a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy's request to be released from jail pending an appeal will be heard in a Paris court on Monday, weeks after he started a five-year sentence for conspiring to rai...

After being sentenced to five years in prison, Sarkozy was taken into custody three weeks ago on the court's order for provisional enforcement of his sentence, even though he has appealed his convicti...