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COULD FORMER ARMENIAN POLICE OFFICIAL BE RELEASED PRIOR TO PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS? - NEWSPAPER
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March 16, 2012 | 08:49
YEREVAN. - Armenia's former Chief of the Police Force Criminal
Investigation Department, Police Major General Hovhannes Tamamyan,
could be released from the courtroom before the upcoming parliamentary
elections, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.
"The events that unrolled in court yesterday [Thursday] point to this.
Tamamyan and the other [two] defendants pleaded guilty and asked for
a speedy trial. According to Armenia's law, in the case of a speedy
trial the defendants cannot be sentenced more than two-thirds of the
maximum sentence specified by the given article. Tamamyan's article
specifies a maximum of six years in prison, and, in fact, this maximum
now reduces by two years and becomes four years.
In addition, since by pleading guilty Tamamyan has acquired a
mitigating circumstance, his sentence might not be carried out
conditionally, especially if we factor in that he has numerous state
awards. In other words, it is highly unlikely that he will receive
two or three years of conditional [release] and be released from the
courtroom," Haykakan Zhamanak writes.
To note, Hovhannes Tamamyan and the other two defendants are charged
with abuse of power, which has caused serious consequences.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
March 16, 2012 | 08:49
YEREVAN. - Armenia's former Chief of the Police Force Criminal
Investigation Department, Police Major General Hovhannes Tamamyan,
could be released from the courtroom before the upcoming parliamentary
elections, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.
"The events that unrolled in court yesterday [Thursday] point to this.
Tamamyan and the other [two] defendants pleaded guilty and asked for
a speedy trial. According to Armenia's law, in the case of a speedy
trial the defendants cannot be sentenced more than two-thirds of the
maximum sentence specified by the given article. Tamamyan's article
specifies a maximum of six years in prison, and, in fact, this maximum
now reduces by two years and becomes four years.
In addition, since by pleading guilty Tamamyan has acquired a
mitigating circumstance, his sentence might not be carried out
conditionally, especially if we factor in that he has numerous state
awards. In other words, it is highly unlikely that he will receive
two or three years of conditional [release] and be released from the
courtroom," Haykakan Zhamanak writes.
To note, Hovhannes Tamamyan and the other two defendants are charged
with abuse of power, which has caused serious consequences.
From: A. Papazian