FranceListe CR, n° 138 · History, geography and culture
During which president’s term of office was the death penalty abolished?
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Durant le mandat de quel président la peine de mort a-t-elle été abolie ?
- aCharles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle
- bJacques ChiracJacques Chirac
- cValéry Giscard d’EstaingValéry Giscard d’Estaing
- dFrançois MitterrandFrançois MitterrandCorrect answer
Why?
The death penalty was abolished by the law of 9 October 1981, under the presidency of François Mitterrand. Robert Badinter, the Minister of Justice, defended this law. Since 2007, the abolition has been written into the Constitution.
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