(French actress) Catherine Deneuve handed a petition...

(French actress) Catherine Deneuve handed a petition against the death penalty signed by over half a million people to the US embassy in Paris.
The publisher 'L'Ecart' and the monthly magazine 'Marie Claire' launched the campaign for signatures. The President of the European Parliament Nicole Fontaine, the President of the National Assembly Raymond Forni, and former Justice Minister Robert Badinter, besides several newspapers and the main human rights associations, all adhered to the campaign.