Death sentence of the court: under what condition is it fair?

Occupation: Chief researcher of the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Gosudarstvo i pravo

Edition

Issue 8

Pages

7-15

Abstract

Legal regulation, as well as decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation that determine the possibility of a court conviction on the death penalty as an exceptional measure of punishment are considered. The arguments of opponents of the death penalty are analyzed and critically evaluated. It is concluded that the only reason that does not allow the court to impose the death sentence in exceptional cases, categorically supported by society, is the lack of a mechanism to ensure the receipt and recording of absolute evidence of the defendant's guilt, excluding judicial error. The outlines of such a mechanism are suggested.

Keywords

court verdict, the death penalty, the evidence, the defendant, a miscarriage of justice

Received

22.04.2020

Publication date

15.09.2020

Number of characters

36116

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GOST	Kleandrov M. Death sentence of the court: under what condition is it fair? // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2020. – Issue 8 C. 7-15 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520011031-5-1 (circulation date: 20.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520011031-5
MLA	Kleandrov, Mikhail I "Death sentence of the court: under what condition is it fair?." Gosudarstvo i pravo 8 (2020):7-15. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520011031-5
APA	Kleandrov M. (2020). Death sentence of the court: under what condition is it fair?. Gosudarstvo i pravo (8), pp.7-15 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520011031-5

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