independent investigation 25.03.2002 (2002)

"The Death Penalty".

The program is dedicated to a new round of discussion in society about the death penalty.

Since 1996, a moratorium on the death penalty has been in effect in Russia.

Video: Prisoners on death row talk about the death penalty (1992, Butyrka Prison).

The first story of the program.

Video: Prison cells, distributing lunch to prisoners, searching prisoners, prisoners at sewing machines.

Prisoners about the death penalty.

Vasily Smirnov, head of the department of Institution OE-256/5 (Fire Island), talks about the life and death of prisoners in prison.

In the studio, Evgeny Mednikov, a former prisoner sentenced to death, talks about awaiting his sentence.

Vasily Smirnov talks about the death penalty and life imprisonment.

Vladimir Lichnev, a former employee of the pretrial detention center, says that criminals are more afraid of death than of life imprisonment.

Smirnov V. about suicide attempts in a life-sentence colony and the possibility of a prisoner filing a petition for parole.

Dobrenkov Vladimir about people who committed crimes, life imprisonment, the state of the Russian legal system and the abolition of the death penalty.

The second story of the program is dedicated to the murder of Maria, the daughter of Dobrenkov V.I. and her fiancé Alexander.

The two lovers died at the hands of bandits who decided to steal their car.

Video: The grave of Maria and her fiancé Alexander.

Dobrenkov V.I. about the sentence for the criminals.

Those sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Maria and Alexander and the type of punishment for this crime.

Video: Photos of the girls Anya and Alesya Gavrilenko killed by apartment burglars in Arkhangelsk, the girls' grave.

Gavrilenko Galina says that the police did not find the girls' killers, the investigation was following a false trail.

Mednikov E. was one of those brought to justice in this case, only six years later it was possible to prove his non-involvement in the murder of the girls, Mednikov E. spent 2 years on death row.

In the studio, Gavrilenko G. speaks about the non-involvement of Mednikov E. and his friends in the murder of her children.

Mednikova E. speaks about her non-involvement in the tragedy of the Gavrilenko family.

Gavrilenko G. about the life imprisonment of criminals.

Dobrenkov V.I. about the investigation of the case of the murder of his daughter and the punishment of criminals.

Mednikova E. about her forced confession to the crime, the use of illegal investigative methods.

Borshchev Valery about judicial errors and the execution of innocent people.

Pashin Sergey about the quality of the preliminary investigation, torture, prosecutorial checks.

A viewer speaks out about the death penalty.

Krashenninikov Pavel about the death penalty and life imprisonment of criminals.

Video: Chikatilo Andrei on death row talks about himself 1992. Story about Aleksandr Kravchenko, who was wrongly arrested on suspicion of murder and executed instead of Chikatilo A.R. Smirnov V. about innocent people in prison.

Borshchev V.V. and Smirnov V. about a possibly innocent person sentenced to death and judicial errors.

Linchev Vladimir -- a former employee of the pretrial detention center about the behavior of prisoners before execution.

The host invites the viewers in the studio to vote for and against the death penalty.

The viewers in the studio express their opinions on the death penalty.

Borshchev V.V., Krasheninnikov P.V., Smirnov V. answer the question of why Russia introduced a moratorium on the death penalty.

Dobrenkov V.I. expresses his opinion on the need to return the death penalty.

Smirnov V. about changing life imprisonment to the death penalty for already convicted criminals.