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Additional Charges of Corruption Filed against Armenian Judge
YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—An Armenian law-enforcement agency has brought additional charges of corruption against a senior judge who was arrested two months ago.
State prosecutors said in early June that Aghvan Petrosyan, the chairperson of a court in Armenia’s Gegharkunik province, was paid $23,000 to give a suspended prison sentence to a young man prosecuted for a 2014 violent assault. The lenient sentence was subsequently struck down by the Court of Appeals in Yerevan and sent back to the Gegharkunik court.
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When is Armenia’s corruption going to stop on all levels? It is a very sad commentary that they can’t get their act straight and govern with JUSTICE! If they don’t, it will be the demise of our free Republic of Armenia. There are many other immoral activities going on; such as Domestic Violence, Aborting female babies, and young women trafficking. All of these should be stopped, Sooner than Later!
There must be more of these blood suckers in Armenia!