One needs to put people in jail less

The presidential amendments to the criminal procedure code (CPC RF), which this week will be heard in the state Duma in the second reading, are to be sent to the dustbin of history of the so-called "pocket lawyers investigation", as they will make it easier for lawyers to get in jail and finally equalize the procedural rights of the prosecution and the defense. This bill is given priority, and none of the experts doubt that the amendments will be adopted in the spring session.

Alexander Bolomatov, partner of YUST Law Firm, noted on the website of “Svoboda” radio station, that very often the management, to whom the defenders have to complain about acts or omissions of the investigators, are not just aware, but also "authorize their disappearance": "you can sit for days in a security facility, calling on the office phone and trying to catch the investigator, - all this is very humiliating and insulting. This problem has existed for many years, and in a professional environment everyone knows about it. And this abscess needs to be removed as soon as possible".

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