Hands Off Cain
KAZAKHSTAN·DEATH PENALTY·SEPTEMBER 10, 1999·1 MIN READ

On September 10, the Atana City Court passed the death...

On September 10, the Atana City Court passed the death penalty on Martynov and Melnikov

On September 10, the Atana City Court passed the death penalty on Martynov and Melnikov. As was reported earlier, during the evening inspection in the punishment block on June 3, 3 convicts took 3 punishment block guards hostage and demanded a helicopter to fly beyond Kazakhstan's frontiers. The criminals killed one of the guards. During a special operation to release hostages one of the criminals was killed. Before the hostage-taking incident the criminals had already been given a death sentence and were awaiting execution.