She tells the drivers to get drunk and intoxicated and kill us
Nine years in prison for the killer of popular journalist Milen Tsvetkov. It doesn’t sound small, but it’s actually cynically short.
Yes, the court did not accept the prosecution’s thesis that this was a murder committed with intent. That is, the perpetrator, because he knew what could result from driving under the influence of four types of drugs to drive his jeep, was in fact plotting to assassinate someone, which would result in a life sentence.
The proof of
it is a possible intent
more complicated than usual
and requires a little more
strain – and on the part of
prosecutors, and by
of judges
And the court transformed the case for causing death by negligence, as is usually the case with road accidents. But even under this Criminal Code, lawyers working on such cases suggested that the sentence would not be a maximum of 15 years, as required by law when the driver is under the influence of drugs, but between 10 and 12 years. prison.
Such are the usual punishments in the practice of the Bulgarian courts for road accidents with victims, when the perpetrator is drunk or drugged, but has not escaped from the crime scene. The maximum penalty is given if the perpetrator escaped, except that he was drunk or intoxicated.
In general
there is no one in the whole world
concept whether it is
murder when the victims
in a car accident they lose
your life
and how the perpetrators of accidents should be punished. In some of the United States, which is a union of individual states with their own laws, this is the so-called vehicular homicide. That is, it is a criminal offense when the perpetrator has violated a road sign or has committed another offense such as driving drunk or drunk. In other states, it is not murder, but death by negligence. But the United States is far away and their case law is very different from the Bulgarian one, but in Italy, where justice is very similar to ours, the law provides an additional 5 years to the sentence if the accident is due to gross violation of traffic rules, leading to death. Which equates the punishment with the punishment for premeditated murder.
The sentence of 9 years – a little less than usual, but far from the maximum, sounds like a sign. Some rubbing of Ivan Geshev’s nose that he dared to give methodical instructions to the prosecutors to look for possible intent. Not only do they not give a severe punishment as for murder, but also less than the practice of the courts for causing death by negligence. Not that there are any precedents for the verdict, but it is indicative.
And a sign to drunk and intoxicated drivers – drive, kill on the road, you will not lie for life!
A sentence of 9 years after more than 2 years of trial really means that
after about 3 years
Christian Nikolov
he will be free
By deducting the pre-trial detention and if he works in prison.
And the relatives of the talented and very remarkable journalist Milen Tsvetkov will not receive the expected retribution. His underage son Boyan will continue to be a minor after his father’s killer is released from prison.
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