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Raymond Lindon (1901-1992) est un magistrat exceptionnel et prolifique, auquel les circonstances ont offert des opportunités rares d’intervenir dans les débats les plus importants de la justice à un moment crucial de son histoire. Avocat juif exclu du Barreau par les lois de Vichy, il intègre la magistrature à la Libération et soutient l’accusation dans des procès emblématiques, dont celui des magistrats ayant composé la section spéciale de la cour d’appel de Paris. Premier avocat général à la Cour de cassation, il a toujours soutenu une conception exigeante du rôle du magistrat du ministère public, exerçant en conscience sa liberté de parole à l’audience.

Raymond Lindon (1901-1992) was an outstanding and prolific judicial figure, to whom circumstance offered several rare opportunities to participate in some of the most important debates within the justice system at crucial moments in its history. As a Jewish lawyer excluded from the Bar by the Vichy laws, he joined the judiciary after the Liberation, and supported the prosecution in several iconic trials, including that of the judges who made up the Special Section of Paris Court of Appeals. As first advocate general at the Court of Cassation, he has always supported a demanding conception of the role of the public prosecutor’s office, exercising his freedom of speech conscientiously at hearings.