On the role of Federal Law № 87-FL of 05.06.2007 in improving the effectiveness of the prosecutor’s supervising activities at the preliminary investigation stage: results

In the article the author assesses the results of the Federal Law of 05.06.2007 No. 87-FL in terms of the effectiveness of the supervisory activity of the prosecutor, the powers of the prosecutor for ensuring the legality and quality of the preliminary investigation were differentiated by transferring them to the head of the investigative body while retaining the prosecutor's supervisory function. This reform has resulted in a significant improvement in the main indicators of investigative work. According to the statistical data on the results of investigative work cited in the article, the operation of the federal law in question has made it possible to ensure a manifold (5 to 8 times) reduction in the number of citizens acquitted by the courts, including those unlawfully and unjustifiably detained. The increase of the prosecutor's supervisory activity level over the quality of investigation of criminal cases is also clearly evidenced by the statistical data on the multiple reduction (almost 10 times) in the number of criminal cases returned by the courts to the prosecutor in accordance with Article 237 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, while the number of cases returned by the prosecutor to investigators for additional investigation in accordance with Article 221 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation has increased.