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SEVERAL FLAWS IN COURT SYSTEM
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2012/06/28/lusine-sahakyan
06:06 pm | Today | Politics
Judges and courts violate several people's rights to freedom and
people find themselves in jail, said lawyer Lusine Sahakyan said
during a press conference today.
"This hurts the government and taxpayers because when a person is
deprived of liberty, the government makes expenditures. When the
person is in prison and later, when the European Court views the
verdict as a violation, the government pays certain amounts of money,"
said Lusine Sahakyan.
The lawyer doesn't accept the cases when the court sentences a
person to jail without any evidence obtained. Lusine Sahakyan says
imprisonment should be applied only in special cases.
"The Court of Appeals established certain precedents that clearly
defined that it was inadmissible to select imprisonment as a measure
of restraint against a person without any facts or grounds," said
the lawyer.
According to her, in the past couple of years, judges haven't been
brought to justice for their illegal acts.
"Since lawyers aren't brought to justice, they are independent and
don't even present demands from those who demand from them," said
Lusine Sahakyan.
Lawyer Yervand Varosyan sees no grounds for the view that the judge
is constrained when he is brought to justice.
"Bringing judges to justice won't make them feel less independent,
but will help them be more independent," said lawyer Yervand Varosyan.
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2012/06/28/lusine-sahakyan
06:06 pm | Today | Politics
Judges and courts violate several people's rights to freedom and
people find themselves in jail, said lawyer Lusine Sahakyan said
during a press conference today.
"This hurts the government and taxpayers because when a person is
deprived of liberty, the government makes expenditures. When the
person is in prison and later, when the European Court views the
verdict as a violation, the government pays certain amounts of money,"
said Lusine Sahakyan.
The lawyer doesn't accept the cases when the court sentences a
person to jail without any evidence obtained. Lusine Sahakyan says
imprisonment should be applied only in special cases.
"The Court of Appeals established certain precedents that clearly
defined that it was inadmissible to select imprisonment as a measure
of restraint against a person without any facts or grounds," said
the lawyer.
According to her, in the past couple of years, judges haven't been
brought to justice for their illegal acts.
"Since lawyers aren't brought to justice, they are independent and
don't even present demands from those who demand from them," said
Lusine Sahakyan.
Lawyer Yervand Varosyan sees no grounds for the view that the judge
is constrained when he is brought to justice.
"Bringing judges to justice won't make them feel less independent,
but will help them be more independent," said lawyer Yervand Varosyan.