Tag trial by jury

Putin’s jury trial proposal

Putin’s suggestions regarding the criminal justice procedure: He also proposed a change to jury service, saying jurors should judge a wider range of cases but their number be cut to between five and seven from the current 12 at each…

A low-profile political trial in Moscow

Last week in Moscow Alexander Razumov was convicted – by a jury – of trying to recruit Russians into the Ukrainian Right Sector and of inciting ethnonational hatred, and was sentenced to seven years in a labor camp. The man allegedly offered…