Time behind bars for Cardinal Becciu? Not any time soon, experts say


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  • Sunday, 17 Dec 2023

FILE PHOTO: Cardinal Angelo Becciu arrives at a consistory ceremony to elevate Roman Catholic prelates to the rank of cardinal, at Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, August 27, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -None of the six people who received jail sentences at the end of the Vatican's big corruption trial on Saturday will likely be spending time behind bars anytime soon and some perhaps not ever, according to legal and security experts.

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