After the execution of Roger Bontems, Robert Badinter's opposition to the death penalty, which until then had been "intellectual", became a militant passion. 4 years later, in January 1976, he followed on radio and television the developments of the kidnapping in Troyes of a little 8-year-old boy, Philippe Bertrand...
Robert Bad Inter, lawyer and former minister. Author of “The Execution” (Editions Fayard/ Livre de Poche)