IMPLEMENTATION OF ATTESTING WITNESSES IN PENAL SYSTEM OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
the object of studies involves legal analysis of attesting witnesses employed in penal system. There are different attitudes to the question under discussion. The research gives examples of foreign experi-ence, as well as examples from Russian judicial practice, confirming numerous facts of law violations in case of involving attesting witnesses in investigation. The article dwells upon requirements to an attesting witness. The attention is focused on the lack of statutory base of the concept «disinterestedness in results of a criminal case». The research provides legal analysis of this concept, points out legal views of General jurisdiction courts. The author stresses the fact, that it is a problem to involve attesting witnesses in investigative actions carried out on the territory of a correction. The results of legal analysis enables the author to makes a conclusion how to optimize the work of attesting witnesses in criminal proceedings, including investigative actions in institutions of penal system.