the Petersburg district courts in 2015 pronounced to h1 only 19 verdicts of not guilty from more than 11 thousand considered cases, the chairman of City court of the Northern capital Valentina Yepifanova told to "Rosbalt's" correspondent.
In a year with adjudgement ended 11 thousand 189 cases, 19 people are acquitted. Thus, total number of verdicts of not guilty made about 0,17%.
according to the deputy chairman of city court Alexey Lykov, it can be connected, including, that 66% of criminal cases are considered in a special order.
"As a rule, it is a conviction — the person itself agreed with charge. To say that we have a small number of verdicts of not guilty, it is impossible" — he emphasized.
the Number of the stopped affairs in 2015 made 1 thousand 733 cases, suspended sentence is appointed 3 thousand. To 833 persons that makes 32% of all condemned. Obligatory works are appointed to 59 persons, as well as corrective works.