France newsfromThe Local France1 year agoWho was Robert Badinter and why is he being inducted into the Pantheon?Robert Badinter led the abolition of the death penalty in France, ending guillotine executions in 1981 and earning posthumous induction into the Panthéon.
France newsfromThe Local France6 months agoFrench minister who abolished the death penalty to be inducted into PantheonRobert Badinter will be inducted into the Panthéon on October 9, marking the 44th anniversary of France's abolition of the death penalty.