Valery Borschyov is ex deputy of the State Duma, member of
the Moscow Helsinki Group and Secretary of the YABLOKO Bureau.
Valery Borschyov: Any shrinking of the field for trials by
a jury court is unfavourable. It is very bad that cases connected
with terrorism and extremism and many other issues connected
with this notion have been removed from the jurisdiction of
the jury court. Obviously, there is a problem, that, for example,
it is impossible to have a trial on terrorists in Chechnya,
Ingushetia or Dagestan by a jury court. However, Russia is
a large country, and certainly [such cases] can be examined
by a jury court in a different federation subject, or by a
higher court and not necessarily in the Northern Caucasus,
if the terrorist comes from this region. There were concerns
voiced that the jury court may acquit terrorists. However,
what is the essence of a trial by jury? The jury acquits the
accused when investigation has failed.
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