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How do you sleep, judge?

18 August 2012 Anton Oresh

The judge in Russia is a special phenomenon. In theory, any normal person cannot be indifferent that others think about him. There are those who pretend that he doesn’t care and by all means tries to show his indifference, but at the subconscious level he is still worried.

And so judge Danilkin makes fantastic decisions in the case of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev. The name Danilkin turns into a common house, he rinses and bow at all corners, he becomes a symbol of shame, dishonor, contempt for profession and duty. How does such a person feels? How does Judge Borovkova feel, who put such filthy verdicts at all on the conveyor? Does the judge Syrova live well, whose name after the Pussy Riot process will know the whole world?

It cannot be such that all of them do not give a damn about universal contempt. The fact that the people respected by all, the best people of the country and even planets Earth throw obscene interjection in the mention of the names and surnames of these cooks. And for sure, among those who betray these judges, there are many people whom these judges themselves respect. They read their books, listen to songs, love their roles in the cinema and theater. So, let's say, I love Akunin’s books, and if Grigory Shalvovich wrote somewhere or said that I was a bastard, I would have been filled with my soul. For a common person, it is always flattering if a well -known person notices him, pay attention to him, and he will mention. But if this famous person did not just notice and mentioned, but gave a kick - what is it?

And still, judges pass their sentences. I once read a very curious interview in a “big city” with a former judge who also once made the same decisions. This woman says that she sincerely believed that she was doing everything right, that she is like on the front line, at the turn of the fight against evil. That riot police, the police and the prosecutor are her best friends, that the accused are enemy agents, that lawyers are only tightened by their petitions and the court is confusing that there is nothing to reign here and everything is clear here. Then this woman, as they say, insight. But in that former life she acted sincerely.

The problem, however, is that she did not act according to the law. Her belief that “so should” allowed her to turn a blind eye to evidence and not notice the frauds, up to the lack of a composition or even an event of a crime. Allowed to come in advance in the soul to a certain decision and then adjust the verdict for a well -known answer.

Famous people defended? Well, what is this, writers, musicians and artists - they are not jurists. They can be mistaken. You can even feel a mission, confronts such a mass of the people, or, conversely, to feel that you are an equal to all this crowd of celebrities who ask you about condescension, almost depend on you. This is a kind of courage. But be that as it may, but the main thing for the judge should be the law and following his letter and spirit. But this is just not in all these fake sentences.

Although there is another side of the medal. When the judge simply makes a decision in accordance with the recommendation of higher instance. And he perfectly understands that he announces an unlawful sentence, and perfectly realizes what he is reproached for. And yet. So, for these people, serving the law in the high sense is not even more a priority! For them, the main thing is not to disappoint the authorities.

But then it turns out that there are no judges in our country. Because the judge is a person who is stupidly, dull, impassively follows the law. If the law says that a person has committed a crime, then he punishes such a person. And it doesn’t matter who this person is. It is important that he committed. And if a person is innocent, then it does not matter what the bosses think and want and is pleasant or disgusted by the judge of this citizen. He is innocent and cannot be punished. That's all. And this is exactly what we do not have.

By beliefs (more precisely, by misconceptions), by call, for money - we are judged as you like, but not by law. How do you sleep, dear judges? Good, probably tight.

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