Praha - Former prosecutor Ludmila Brožová-Polednová will likely avoid prison, as she may file a request for pardon on health grounds.
"It is very likely we will file the request. It all depends on my client," said Polednová´s lawyer. Vladimír Kovář.
Last week the court decided that the former prosecutor who sent pro-democratic politician Milada Horáková to the gallows should start her jail sentence by the end of October. However, Judge Braun himself conceded she may not be eventually imprisoned.
"It does not matter where I am going to die. At least they would stop paying attention to me if I was in prison," said Brožová-Polednová.
Pardon request rejected
Attorney Renata Vesecká asked President Klaus to pardon Polednová´s jail sentence, arguing she would not want the current justice system to behave like the old communist regime. However, President Klaus rejected the pardon, arguing it is not president´s competence to grant pardons to someone like Polednová.
"I don´t agree that by granting presidential pardons only the head of state may determine the dimension of justice in the country. A court is obliged to consider all aspects of the case and I assume this is what they did," said Klaus.
Polednová does not feel guilty
Nonetheless, Brožová-Polednová feels guilty only for overly respecting the then political bigwigs. Brožová-Polednová still believes the process with Milada Horáková was just, albeit with a little too high sentence.
She would no longer issue a death sentence either for Horáková or anybody else. "Because there is no death sentence these days. I think it is right this way," said Polednová.
She herself was present at the death prosecution of Horáková and two other people. "I was sick, I could not watch it," confessed Polednová.
When asked if she remembers what Horáková was found guilty for, she answered she would have to search in the files. She admitted she no longer remembers the details.
