Robert Badinter in Conversation with Neal Katyal

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Partner:: New York Public Library
Location:: New York Public Library
New York, NY
Event Date:: 09.19.08
Speakers:: Robert Badinter,; Paul Holdengr�ber,; Neal Katyal,; Ken Roth
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Summary: Robert Badinter, the French Minister of Justice between 1981 and 1986, led the battle to abolish the death penalty in France.

He became a militant abolitionist after watching one of his clients unjustly guillotined in 1972. Over the next decade, he fought the death penalty in the courts and saved six men from the guillotine. After the election of Fran�ois Mitterrand in 1981, Badinter was named Minister of Justice and pushed through the legislation that abolished the death penalty.

Badinter's book, Abolition: One Man's Battle Against the Death Penalty, serves as a guidebook on the various legal and political strategies that can be used in the quest for abolition. With U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Badinter recently co-authored a book on the role of judges - Live from the NYPL

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Robert Badinter

Robert Badinter is the author of over a dozen books including work on Oscar Wilde and Condorcet. He also co-authored a recent book on the role of judges with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Badinter is married to the prominent feminist Elisabeth Badinter. Together, they form one of France's most influential couples. He is currently a member of the French Senate and celebrated his 80th birthday in March 2008.

Paul Holdengr�ber

Paul Holdengr�ber is the Director of LIVE from the NYPL.

Neal Katyal

Neal Katyal, a Professor at Georgetown University Law School, recently won Hamdan v. Rumsfeld in the United States Supreme Court, a case that challenged the policy of military trials at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba. Katyal previously served as National Security Adviser in the U.S. Justice Department and was commissioned by President Clinton to write a report on the need for more legal pro bono work. He also served as Vice President Al Gore's co-counsel in the Supreme Court election dispute of 2000, and represented the Deans of most major private law schools in the landmark University of Michigan affirmative-action case Grutter v. Bollinger (2003). Katyal clerked for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer as well as Judge Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals. He attended Dartmouth College and Yale Law School. His Articles have appeared in virtually every major law review and newspaper in America. Katyal was named Lawyer of the Year in 2006 by Lawyers USA, Runner-Up for Lawyer of the Year 2006 by National Law Journal, one of the top 50 litigators nationwide 45 years old or younger by American Lawyer (2007), and one of 10 Non-Resident Indian Achievers Worldwide by Hindustan Times. He has also been awarded the Town of Salem, Massachusetts Prize (2007); the ACLU Foundation�s Roger Baldwin Award (2007), and the 2004 National Law Journal pro bono award for his work.

Ken Roth

Kenneth Roth is the executive director of Human Rights Watch, a post he has held since 1993. Human Rights Watch investigates, reports on, and seeks to curb human rights abuses in some 70 countries. From 1987 to 1993, Mr. Roth served as deputy director of the organization. Previously, he was a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and the Iran-Contra investigation in Washington. He also worked in private practice as a litigator.

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01.: Introduction

06 min 01 sec

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02.: Parallels in France and United States

06 min 30 sec

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03.: Goal of Universal Abolition of Death Penalty

07 min 09 sec

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04.: Death Penalty Cases in French Court

09 min 29 sec

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05.: Political Courage of Mitterand

08 min 08 sec

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06.: American Position on Death Penalty

10 min 28 sec

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07.: Loss of American Soft Power

08 min 22 sec

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08.: Political Decision for Death Penalty

05 min 54 sec

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09.: Tension Between Democracy and Human Rights

06 min 48 sec

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10.: High Incarceration Rates

07 min 53 sec

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11.: Suspicion of International Institutions

05 min 16 sec

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12.: Q1: Guillotine vs. Lethal Injection

05 min 38 sec

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13.: Q2: Louisiana Case on Child Rape

09 min 56 sec

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14.: Q3: Supreme Court Losing Prestige

02 min 38 sec

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15.: Q4: Obama's Position on Death Penalty

07 min 31 sec

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16.: Q5: Reasons for Optimism

06 min 16 sec

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Robert Badinter's Experience in Death Penalty Cases

08 min 35 sec

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Badinter Cites Treaty of Rome for Loss of U.S. Soft Power

07 min 59 sec

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Badinter Weighs the Morality of Death Penalty Opposition

04 min 52 sec

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