Or all laws were followed correctly, and the killers were found guilty. I'll be fascinated to read this thread when the CSC confirms, and the ECHR dismisses. Who can guess what fascinating conspiracy theories will emerge.
But it may not come to that point because I suspect one of the three killers will confess at some point.
Can you provide any examples of cases lodged within the appropriate time limits with the ECHR and where there were clear violations of the defendants' Convention rights as in this one and the ECHR did not judge the respondent country in violation? Please provide actual case-law, not merely your opinion.
The ECHR violations in this case include but are not limited to:
1) use of coercion to break the will of a defendant during interrogation (violation of Article 3);
2) denial of counsel during interrogation and police custody, and use of statements derived therefrom for conviction (violation of Article 6.3c with 6.1);
3) denial of facilities for proper defense, by not providing prosecution and police evidence requested by the defense (violation of Article 6.2b with 6.1);
4) use of statements from an unexamined witness to achieve conviction (violation of Article 6.3d with 6.1);
5) use of a court judgment from another trial, where the defendants were not represented, violating the presumption of innocence, in their conviction (violation of Article 6.2);
6) reversal of the burden of proof for evidence of the reliability of evidence, specifically contamination of DNA tests (violation of Article 6.2, presumption of innocence and 6.1, right to an adversarial trial);
7) conviction based on manifestly unreasoned grounds (violation of Article 6.1);
8) conviction following a virulent press campaign and published statements attributing guilt by public officials including police and the Minister of Interior (violation of Article 6.2).
ETA: For (1), the coercion includes use of inhuman and degrading treatment.
ETA2: Other violations of Article 6.2, presumption of innocence, are common in this case. For example, AK and RS are named as perpetrators and conspirators in the appeal motivation report of the fast-track trial of Guede; the break-in is assumed staged without valid evidence offered; a clean-up is assumed without valid evidence offered; foot prints are assumed to be AK's, in blood, and related to the murder, without valid evidence offered; and DNA alleged evidence of the bra clasp and knife blade are accepted as inculpatory without reason although they were thoroughly debunked by independent court experts.
