Quote Originally Posted by LittleFuzzy View Post
I am not and have never claimed to be a lawyer and I am even less familiar with the EU legal system but. . . I do find it odd/hard to understand how it is a violation of human rights to not have guaranteed judicial commutation hearings. I am aware that commutation (indeed, clemency of almost any kind, though not parole) has been primarily judicial in the UK for some time, but are there no countries in the EU that primarily exercise that power via a different branch of government?
I don't think I claimed the review should necessarily be done by a judge, that's also not what the Court demands. They demand a review mechanism be in place, without going as far as defining it.