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"Punished for defamation". Circumstances of criminal proceeding against Social Security officer, Romuald Jankowski, before the military justice (1982–1984)
Aparat Represji w Polsce Ludowej 1944-1989, No. 1(16) (2018), pages: 197-218
Publication date: 2023-03-28
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Abstract
In the article, author is trying to discover the reasons behind this rather untypical, especially for the Polish People’s Republic, judicial verdict. On one hand there was a strong evidence coming from the victim and determination of his representative – lawyer Jerzy Pomina but from the other a probable desire to symbolically authenticate the communist justice system. The only demonstrative nature of the verdict was evidenced not only by the very low sentence, but also the failure to detect the other perpetrators of the crime, disregarding the threat of Heller’s dismissal from work and incarnating him into the army for mock exercises of reservists, as well as the fact that the convicted officer remained in service until 1990.
Keywords
Janusz Heller • Romuald Jankowski • Jerzy Pomin • Security Service • Military Aviation Court • Prosecutor’s Office of the Air Force • Chief Military Prosecutor’s Office • VIII General Education Liceum in Poznań • trials during martial law • crime of officers • beating the detainees • refusal to cooperate with the Security Service Janusz Heller • Romuald Jankowski • Jerzy Pomin • Służba Bezpieczeństwa • Sąd Wojsk Lotniczych • Prokuratura Wojsk Lotniczych • Naczelna Prokuratura Wojskowa • VIII Liceum Ogólnokształcące w Poznaniu • procesy w stanie wojennym • przestępczość funkcjonariuszy • pobicia zatrzymanych • odmowa współpracy z SB
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