“There are discussions at the Judicial Inspection to appease us all.” What does a judge say who is on the list of magistrates who showed solidarity with those in the Recorder documentary
Judge Sorina Marinaș, from the Craiova Court of Appeal / Source: YouTube – Judge of Now
Sorina Marinaș, judge at the criminal section of the Craiova Court of Appeal, says that she is certain that there will be “repercussions” from the Judicial Inspection against the magistrates “who dared” to speak about the problems in the judiciary. She is one of nearly 200 judges and prosecutors who signed the message of solidarity with their colleagues appearing in the Recorder documentary.
The judge is also the one who posted on Facebook the list of 178 prosecutors and judges who signed a message of support for the prosecutors and judges who make the revelations in the Recorder documentary “Captured Justice”. They say that “truth and integrity should not be sanctioned but protected” and “silence is not an option when the values of the profession are at risk”.
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“If you are a little more vocal, the Inspection will automatically come to the door”
“Whenever one of us went out of the pre-set setting, he found himself with the Judicial Inspection on his head, inevitably. If you are a little more vocal, the Inspection automatically comes to the door. I can tell you categorically that we already know that there are discussions at the level of the Inspection to calm us all down (…).
I cannot give you exact data on what will happen in the next period, but considering that the procedures initiated by the Judicial Inspection are generally carried out in a very short period of 20-30 days, we will probably all find out very soon. However, I think that, after the public reaction of the judiciary, it should be delayed a bit”, said Sorina Marinaș, in a telephone interview with Euronews, according to Agerpres.
In the judge's opinion, the press conference convened on Thursday by the management of the Bucharest Court of Appeal was an “attempt to publicly smear certain magistrates who dared to speak about what is happening”.
Judge Marinaș, investigated by the Judicial Inspection after she explained on Facebook why she gave the maximum sentence to a man who tried twice to kill his wife
In September, the judge from the Craiova Court of Appeal explained on Facebook why she decided to sentence a 60-year-old man to 30 years in prison, sent to court for attempted murder, after he tried to kill his wife, for the second time.
She said that it is necessary for the courts to focus more on the victim, not only on the aggressor, and in justifying the conviction, she draws attention to the phenomenon of femicide in Romania and the inability of the state to protect the victims.
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“I have no feeling of pity, although I am aware that he will die in detention.” “Well, on the contrary, it's a solution that makes me happy, I know that we saved society from a person who was a ticking time bomb. And I'm generally happy about solutions when I'm convinced that society is free, at least for a while, of an individual who endangers fundamental rights”, Marinaș wrote.
Later, the Judicial Inspectorate announced that it had self-referred to her case for a possible violation of the Magistrates' Code of Ethics.
The Judicial Inspection reported itself in the case of the judge who explained on Facebook why she gave the maximum sentence to a man who twice tried to kill his wife
