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Russia court orders retrial for suspects acquitted of Politkovskaya killing

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] The Russian Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the retrial of three men acquitted of involvement in the 2006 shooting death of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. The court vacated the acquittals of Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, Dzhabrail Makhmudov, and Ibragim Makhmudov after prosecutors argued the trial judge made procedural errors. A lawyer observing the proceedings said the court's decision was based on the theory that the defense was permitted to put too much pressure on the jury. The court ordered the case back to the Moscow Military District Court. Khadzhikurbanov, Dzhabrail Makhmudov, and Ibragim Makhmudov were acquitted in February after a jury found that the evidence against the three was not enough to support convictions. A week later, prosecutors appealed the acquittals. In November 2008, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office requested a new judge, claiming that Moscow Military District Court judge Yevgeny Zubov had violated procedural rules. Zubov refused to recuse himself from the trial. Khadzhikurbanov, Dzhabrail Makhmudov, and Ibragim Makhmudov were arrested in August 2007 in connection with Politkovskaya's slaying.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on June 26, 2009 (boomark / email).