Criminal procedure guarantees of capital amnesties: violation of the legal system

Despite the completion of the third phase of the capital amnesty, the legal regulation and practice of applying guarantees against criminal prosecution to persons who have benefited from the amnesty remain inconsistent. In view of the temporary nature of capital amnesties, the decision to adopt a special federal law establishing all guarantees, including criminal procedure, was initially considered appropriate. Changes to a number of articles of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation 2015-2019 the author considers fragmentary and hasty.