The principle of inevitability of punishment in the age of digitalization of justice

The general ideological context of thinking about and solving the most important problem of our time - the problem of digitalization of justice - is considered. Scientific and practical discussions devoted to the problems of digitalization of justice show that the necessary loyal ideological base has been created, but to date there is only a superficial understanding of the phenomenon of digitalization. The obligation of the state to ensure social justice in the fight against crime in modern conditions can be fulfilled only with the help of digital technologies. The article substantiates that the introduction of digital technologies in the criminal process is an urgent practical and theoretical task. The author notes that the digitalization of criminal proceedings, as the most public branch of law, is inevitable. At the same time, the reason for the wide digitalization of criminal proceedings is the main principle laid in its basis - the principle of inevitability of punishment. The principle of inevitability of punishment should be clearly expressed in the normative formulation of the purpose of criminal proceedings. In the era of digitalization of justice, this principle has every chance of becoming a principle without exception. The digitalization of justice brings the world much closer to realizing the dream of the first criminal trial in the history of the world that does not declare but actually ensures the inevitability of punishment.