We know that the perpetrators of the attack on Mr Kozlov in 2005 have still not been found, and in fact this is also grounds for the current decision.

“The presumption of innocence will be violated if, without the accused’s having previously been proved guilty according to law and [.] without his having had the opportunity of exercising his rights of defence, a judicial decision concerning him reflects an opinion that he is guilty”[14].

“The presumption of innocence will be violated if, without the accused’s having previously been proved guilty according to law and [.] without his having had the opportunity of exercising his rights of defence, a judicial decision concerning him reflects an opinion that he is guilty”[14].

Pardon is a personal measure whereby an individual convicted and sentenced is released from the sentence in whole or in part.

Pardon is a personal measure whereby an individual convicted and sentenced is released from the sentence in whole or in part.

When our international institutions, when the AJA Tribunal is faced with the sentence inflicted on the criminal Tadic – who is guilty of heinous crimes – and we compare these appalling crimes with any of the incidents in any countries, including democratic countries, as a result of which thousands of people are now waiting on death row, we may be able to appreciate the fact that what had been a purely European characteristic, that is the rejection of capital punishment, may – in political time, not historical time – spread until it becomes the clearly predominant political, institutional and humanitarian modus operandi throughout the wor ...[+++]ld.