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Wednesday,
August 1,
2007, #145 (1412) "No, if the
case was fairly investigated they deserved more than seven or eight
years because the punishment for murder is supposed to be more. It's
a token punishment, and it feels like they're mocking us." "Seven years
is not the exact punishment that is due for murder, but nothing surprises
me now. I expect things like this from our government, which is full
of criminals." "The case
wasn't fully investigated, as the sentences make clear. They chose someone
to punish in the end, but I suspect they did it to hide more criminals
in higher ranks." "No, I don't
think the case was fairly investigated. Everyone knows it. It's a shame
that this is happening, and proves that our justice system is totally
broken." "Nobody investigated
the case simply because law enforcers were involved in the crime. I
think this case is unfair, as is the decision to shorten the sentences." "I don't think
it's fair to take off a part of the sentences for those guys. And I'm
also sure they deserved much longer sentences to begin with. But you
know what's happening in Georgian courts; there's no justice there." "I strongly
believe that those men should have received longer sentences. This proves
that our justice system is incredibly weak." "I was so
outraged when I heard about that. This is a shame, they just want to
get those people out of jail as quickly as possible." "Everyone
knew that it wasn't a fair case, and no one's opinion has changed: I
think the same, as do all of my friends. Those guys should have got
longer sentences for sure."
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Four former Interior
Ministry officers, convicted in the January 2006 beating death of Sandro
Girgvliani, had six months taken off their jail sentences yesterday.
The original sentences were seven to eight years each. Are their sentences
just? Was the case fairly investigated?