Editing Robert Badinter (section)

===The Bontems case===
Badinter's activism against capital punishment began after Roger Bontems's execution on 28 November 1972. Along with [[Claude Buffet]], Bontems had taken a prison guard and a nurse hostage during the [[Clairvaux Prison#1971 revolt|1971 revolt in Clairvaux Prison]]. While the police were storming the building, Buffet slit the hostages' throats. The jury sentenced both men to death. Badinter served as defense counsel for Bontems and was outraged by the sentence. After witnessing the executions, Badinter dedicated himself to the abolition of capital punishment.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-09 |title=Robert Badinter, the lawyer who fought to end the death penalty in France |url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20211009-robert-badinter-the-lawyer-who-fought-to-end-the-death-penalty-in-france |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130180925/https://www.france24.com/en/france/20211009-robert-badinter-the-lawyer-who-fought-to-end-the-death-penalty-in-france |url-status=live }}</ref>