Russia’s Supreme Court Orders Review of Pussy Riot Convictions - Bloomberg
Russia’s top court ordered a review of the two-year prison sentence of two members of the all-female punk band Pussy Riot convicted of hooliganism for a protest against President Vladimir Putin.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina have young children, entitling them to defer their sentences, which lower courts didn’t take into account, according to a ruling posted late yesterday on the Supreme Court’s website.
The lower courts also failed to acknowledge mitigating circumstances including that it was the women’s first offense and that the protest was peaceful, according to the ruling. The Supreme Court sent their case back to the Moscow City Court.
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