A long line of umbrellas stretches across Place Vendôme.
The drizzle did not discourage the men and women ready to wait several minutes this Saturday morning to pay tribute to Robert Badinter.
As of Friday, the day of his death, the Ministry of Justice made available to the public a register of condolences to pay tribute to the memory of the man who left his mark on these places when he was Minister of Justice between 1981 and 1986.
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“It’s a great man who disappears, a humanist,” observes Louis Nkouka.
This 50-year-old engineer insisted on coming with his son, Tom, 9 years old.
“My dad explained to me that he had abolished the death penalty,” confides the little boy in a beige parka.
“Robert Badinter believed that we could give others a second chance,” applauds Louis, evoking this major reform of which the former minister will forever remain the symbol.
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