Robert Badinter Dies Aged 95

File photo - "Senator of Hauts de Seine Robert Badinter arrives for Presentation of the report of International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) ""The death penalty in Iran : politics of terror"" in Paris, France, on April 30, 2009. Robert Badinter, a former Justice minister best known for abolishing the guillotine in France in 1981, died on Friday at age 95. A lawyer and human rights activist, Badinter introduced major law reforms after Socialist Francois Mitterrand, a previous self-professed opponent of the death penalty, was elected president in May 1981 and made him justice minister. Photo by Stephane Gilles/ABACAPRESS.COM"