More than half of French people want to reinstate the death penalty. The death penalty was abolished in France in 1981 after a series of high-profile cases of child abuse and murder.
The majority of people in France are still in favor of reinstating it, according to a new poll. The poll was conducted by the French Institute of Public Opinion. It found that 55% of people want the death Penalty to be reinstated in France. The survey also found that 60% of those polled were in favour of it being reinstated in the future.