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In 1993, the Supreme Soviet authorized trial by jury for serious criminal cases in nine of the eighty-nine regional courts (oblasts) in Russia. Jury trials, first introduced by Tsar Alexander II in the Judicial Reform Act of 1864, had been moribund since the October Revolution of 1917.
Recommended Citation
Gary S. Gilden, Trial by Jury in the New Russia: A Travelogue, 15 Penn St. Int'l L. Rev. 151 (1996).