"The late Former French justice minister Robert Badinter saved many lives by dedicating his own to the fight against capital punishment, playing a pivotal role in banning the guillotine in 1981. He will be inducted into the Panthéon on October 9th. Robert Badinter died at the age of 95 on February 9, 2024. On Thursday, October 9th, he will receive France's highest honour - being inducted into the Panthéon."
"The son of a Jewish fur trader who was deported to a Nazi death camp during World War II, he had built a reputation as a lawyer for defending - often successfully - notorious cases that his peers wouldn't dare touch. "We entered the court by the front door, and once the verdict had been read and the accused's head was safe, we often had to leave by a hidden stairway,""
Robert Badinter led France's campaign to abolish the death penalty and succeeded in banning the guillotine in 1981. He died on February 9, 2024, at age 95 and will be inducted into the Panthéon on October 9. He built a reputation as a defense lawyer willing to take notorious cases that others avoided. He was the son of a Jewish fur trader deported to a Nazi death camp during World War II. The 1972 execution of his client Roger Bontems transformed his opposition to capital punishment from an intellectual stance into a personal conviction. He faced vilification while pushing abolition and was later recognized for integrity and statesmanship.
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