Practice of Detention of Convicted Person Who Escaped in Order to Avoid Serving Punishment
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation carries out the court practice analysis to hear cases dealing with the substitution of punishment because of malicious evasion from serving punishment. More than 20 problem situations were found out. Such situations are considered differently and even contradictory by officials of enterprises and agencies enforcing punishment as well as procurators and judges due to the enactment of detention of a convict while executing a sentence. According to the author, who is taking part in the analysis under discussion, the issues of concern do not generally require the legislative correction and can be explained by the definition of relevant positions given by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. By means of specific examples the article demonstrates the prospects and alternatives of preparations of such explanations.