Grigor'ev V.N. The initial stage of criminal prosecution

Abstract: During the period of its existence, the institution of criminal proceedings commencement has been subjected to the systematical attempts of reforming with the aim to eliminate the prohibition of proceedings and coercion, especially, detention of a suspect prior to the criminal proceedings commencement. The simplicity of criminal proceedings initiation is a sign of the freedom of access to justice and reflects the progressive development of civil society which applies the legal mechanism of protection of rights and freedoms by means of the institution of criminal prosecution. The author applies the methods of analysis, synthesis, the structural-logical and other methods. The author concludes about the need for change of a scientific task. The criminal proceedings science in the subject of criminal prosecution initiation traditionally studies the problems of the stage of criminal proceeding commencement; the most important among them is the admissibility of testing means, investigative actions and measures of procedural coercion prior to the decision about criminal proceedings commencement. 

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