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Retains capital punishment. Capital punishment in France ( French: peine de mort en France) is banned by Article 66-1 of the Constitution of the French Republic, voted as a constitutional amendment by the Congress of the French Parliament on 19 February 2007 and simply stating "No one can be sentenced to the death penalty" ( French: Nul ne peut ...
Oct 9, 2021 · Describing the death penalty as an "abomination", the French president said he would convene a summit next year to press for capital punishment to be abolished worldwide. "As part of the French ...
Oct 9, 2021 · The death penalty was banned in France in 1981. Half the population want it reintroduced. We examine the history and future of capital punishment in France.
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May 20, 2021 · Article 1. The death penalty is abolished. Announced in the Journal Officiel (French official journal) on 10 October, 1981, law n°81-908 condemned capital punishment to oblivion, making France the 35th country to abolish it. After severing several thousand necks over two centuries, the guillotine was decommissioned, largely due to the efforts ...
Oct 9, 2021 · France to seek global end to capital punishment, Macron says. Gasia Ohanes. 10/09/2021 October 9, 2021. ... Today, roughly half of France wants the penalty reintroduced, polls show.
Sep 11, 2017 · On September 10, 1977, 40 years ago this week, France conducted its last execution. Four years later capital punishment was abolished, thus ending the reign of the guillotine. The man who was ...
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Oct 8, 2021 · It's been exactly 40 years since France's then Socialist government made good on one of François Mitterrand's campaign promises and abolished capital punishment. It was Justice Minister Robert ...
