Born March 30th, 1928 Died February 9th, 2024 Robert Badinter, a French lawyer and former justice minister who led the fight to abolish the death penalty in France and became one of the country’s most respected intellectual figures, has died aged 95. “He is a touchstone for many generations,” president Emmanuel Macron said, hailing Badinter as a “sage” and a “conscience” for France. “The nation owes him a lot.” READ MORE Badinter spent decades as an esteemed defence lawyer but was best known for enacting the 1981 law that abolished capital punishment in France, one of his very first acts...