GREEK JUSTICE SYSTEM

One must limit the harmful effects of a bad criminal law and restore a proper balance between sentences, correctional objectives, and punishing heinous crimes without a shred of leniency.

A plan is in the works to create of a national Judicial Observatory to collect qualitative and quantitative data that can help shape a map of the country’s judicial terrain.

'This is proof of the power of the parliamentary system and of the separation of powers - of unity, truth and the proper functioning [of the state],' the PM said after the verdict.

The trial of Golden Dawn lasted five-and-a-half years and that was in order to safeguard judicial procedures and the rights of the defendants.