Death of Robert Badinter, architect of the abolition of capital punishment in France

Robert Badinter, the former Minister of Justice of François Mitterrand who brought about the abolition of the death penalty in France, died in the night from Thursday to Friday, we learned from his collaborator, Aude Napoli . The former president of the Constitutional Council was 95 years old. 

Robert Badinter, September 9, 2013. © Bertrand Guay / AFP

By: Nathanaël Vittrant Follow

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