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see him as having the capacity for higher feelings though. According to his family, he was a good husband and a caring father of three children. In 1993, the
Provincial Court of Piotrków Trybunalski sentenced Henryk Moruś for four murders to the death penalty with indefinite deprivation of public rights, and for three other murders and three offences (theft, illegal alcohol and illegal possession of a firearm without a permit) to 25 years imprisonment.
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it under Polish law, and the moratorium only concerns the periodic execution of the death penalty. Defending attorney Wiktor Celler announced that he would appeal for cassation. Finally, after the abolition of the death penalty in Poland with the enforcement of the Penal Code in 1998, it was turned into a life sentence for Henryk Moruś.
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Two separate appeals lodged by the Moruś' defenders accused the court of many contradictions contained in the court's assessment and questioned the death penalty in the current moratorium on executions. The court of appeal, which considered defence applications, supplemented (as a rarity) evidence of
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In the justification, the court stressed the causal relationship between the evidence and the assessment of the first sentence. The court also issued a verdict that the death penalty does not contradict Art. 2 of the
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Court of Appeal, the sentence was lifted, returning the case for re-examination, stating that the ruling of the Piotrków court was affected by significant deficiencies. The court came to the decision that only
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During the long-lasting court proceedings, the accused did not speak, did not show remorse and made offensive gestures, which suggested a lack of senses (which, however, did not confirm anything). Expert psychiatrists recognized him as sane and completely accountable for his actions - they did not
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Moruś died on 18 August 2013, in the prison hospital of Czarne. He was 70 years old. The most probable cause of death was atherosclerosis, ischemic cardiomyopathy or heart failure. The family did not pick up his corpse, so his burial was organised by the prison. Henryk Moruś was buried in the
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in prison and would like to spend the rest of his life there. The Łódź Court of Appeal issued a negative opinion on the pardon application, just like the
District Court in Piotrków - it was decided to leave the request without further progress. In November 2009, Moruś was moved due to health
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Henryk Moruś was arrested in 1992. Initially, he confessed to all seven murders that were attributed to him, citing that material problems with his family were his motive. However, he declared he was innocent at the pre-trial investigation.
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Moruś, who initially denied any involvement before the court. It had also not been determined whether one or more people participated in the murder, as three witnesses gave different stories. The court re-imposed the same penalty in 1995.
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The prosecutor accused him of shooting seven people for robbery with his carbine. The first murder was carried out in 1986, and the next in the first half of 1992. Henryk Moruś' victims were:
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new expert opinions. Ultimately, however, the lower sentence was upheld. The accused's last words were that he had not killed anyone and that the sentence was given coldly.
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