More significantly. Lazars trial bears the hallmarks of a pniitical prosecution: That his lawyer was disbarred for a breach of protocol. that is for trying to defend his client. that a known criminal was granted amnesty in exchange for testimony. that Lazar was given an extremely harsh sentence for what is a common practice in the Soviet Union. We know from the memories of Soviet attorneys who have emigrated to this country that Soviet courts employ two distinct sets of rules: one for ordinary criminal cases and one for political cases. Since his imprisonment in Gorkovskaya Oblast. Lazar Kagan has been given an internal trial by his prison and given an additional 6month sentence on an indeterminate charge.
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