The innocently convicted farmer again began a protest hunger strike
In colony No. 25, a farmer from Pechora, who was convicted of the murder that had not committed, began a hunger strike against indifferent behavior of supervisory authorities for the third time. As we previously reported , Dmitry Shishkin was convicted under Article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Causing death by negligence”) and sentenced to 9 years in prison. On May 31, 2010, the Komi Supreme Court, having examined the cassation appeal of the accused, upheld the sentence.