Russian TV talk show slams abolition of trial by jury for crimes against state

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    BBC Monitoring International Reports, May 14, 2010 Former Soviet Union, 4pp
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    • Abstract:
      The 13 May edition of privately-owned Ren TV's talk show "Justice" (Spravedlivost) discussed the abolition of a trial by jury for crimes against the state in 2008. The show was presented by its regular host, lawyer and One Russia MP Andrey Makarov. The main guest of the programme was a prominent lawyer Genri Reznik who defended the right to a trial by jury and criticized the legislation adopted by the State Duma in 2008 which abolished the right to a trial by jury for a number of serious crimes against the state, including terrorism, ostensibly to prevent erroneous acquittals of...