Live: Emmanuel Macron commemorates 40 years since the abolition of the death penalty

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President Macron commemorates on Saturday at the Pantheon the fortieth anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty in France, in the presence of Robert Badinter, the former Minister of Justice who had him vote.

Forty years that the death penalty is no longer in France. On this occasion, the former Keeper of the Seals, Robert Badinter, architect of abolition in France, is to deliver a speech as well as Emmanuel Macron.

The President will then visit the exhibition “Un combat capital” which traces “the history of the political fight for the abolition of the death penalty in France, from the 18th century.e century to the present day, “the Elysee said in a statement.

The Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti, will also participate in the commemorations.

The bill on the abolition of the death penalty was adopted by the National Assembly on September 18, 1981, four months after the election of François Mitterrand to the Élysée, then on September 30 by the senators. The scrapping of the guillotine was enacted on October 9, 1981.

AFP