Created at the initiative of the Lyon Judicial Court and in partnership with the newspaper Libération, the Polar and Justice Prize is awarded each year to a non-fiction literary work (investigation, true crime, testimony, etc.) with a link to justice or miscellaneous news item. The jury is made up of magistrates from the Lyon judicial court and legal professionals, as well as a journalist from Libération, a representative of Quais du Polar and a guest of honour.