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The abolition of the death penalty — The abolition law, promulgated in 1981
“I have the honour, in the name of the Republic’s government, to ask the National Assembly for the abolition of the death penalty in France”: Robert Badinter’s speech carried 363 votes to 117. France, the last western European country still guillotining, put away the scaffold — article one holds in a single sentence. (Editorial synthesis)
The abolition of the death penalty took place on 9 October 1981. (source: INA)
The abolition of the death penalty took place in Paris. (source: Sénat)
The abolition of the death penalty ended in “The death penalty is abolished” — article one. (source: Légifrance and Conseil constitutionnel)
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