The institute of pledge does not function in Armenia, advocate Tigran Atanesyan is sure of this. According to him nit the pledge should be the exception but the arrest”. “Almost in all cases the pledge should be given, and as an exception it should be discussed in case of several crimes where the pledge is not allowed. Currently judges leave people out, an internal conflict starts, and immediately as if the greatest representatives of corruption fight against corruption, and one after the other intrigues and rumors start to be disseminated. This philosophy should be changed”, stated the advocate.
One of the reasons not to apply a pledge is that the person accused of a crime can try to escape. During his activity as an advocate Mr. Atanesyan came to the conclusion that the person in escape is usually in a graver psychological condition than the person in the prison. “Getting afraid of every sound, of every step is horrible. It is better if a person is imprisoned than pass through these phobias. This is also grave in financial terms, you should survive and keep your secrecy”, said the advocate adding that this phenomenon as a rule is an exception.
