Ulyanov, V.G. Is it necessary to involve the attesting witnesses for investigation activities?

Abstract: The legislative draft on the amendments into Art. 62 and 303 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation, as introduced into the Duma by the President of the Russian Federation, sets the new goals for the criminal procedural science. It is necessary to establish the expediency of the amendments, their potential infl uence on the effi ciency of criminal judicial procedure. The article contains the author’s point of view on the various problems, which are related to removal of the institution of attesting witnesses from the criminal procedure, and the possible ways to solve them. The author formulates the amendments and changes into the presidential draft.

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