Robert Badinter, French ex-minister who fought to abolish death penalty, dies at 95
Briefly

Avocat, garde des Sceaux, homme de l'abolition de la peine de mort. Robert Badinter ne cessa jamais de plaider pour les Lumieres. Il etait une figure du siecle, une conscience republicaine, l'esprit francais.
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.
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