The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court spoke about the reforms in the judicial system
Vyacheslav Lebedev noted the course towards humanizing the judicial system in Russia Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Lebedev spoke about how the system is being transformed. In particular, a course towards humanization was taken. In the first six months of this year, Russian courts dropped criminal cases against 23 percent of all Russian defendants under the relevant articles of the law. Reported by RAPSI. For those who first committed a minor crime, fines were increasingly imposed. “The courts of Russia continue systematic and consistent work aimed at humanizing criminal legislation and law enforcement practice, in connection with which the number of persons held in institutions of the penal system as of September 1, 2021 amounted to 471 thousand 490 persons – 11 thousand 432 less than on January 1 of this year, “Lebedev said. It should be noted that the Ministry of Justice is completing