An Iraqi court fines personal-use offenders; inspectors challenge the amounts
A Badra court imposed one-million-dinar fines in three personal-use drug cases, relying on general sentencing mitigation to impose a fine alone.[@1] Judicial inspectors said that choosing a fine did not allow judges to go below the drug law's five-million-dinar minimum, and recommended appeals against the judgments.[@1] Their later published review concerns drug offences generally and does not…
🇮🇶 Iraq
A Badra court imposed one-million-dinar fines in three personal-use drug cases, relying on general sentencing mitigation to impose a fine alone.[1] Judicial inspectors said that choosing a fine did not allow judges to go below the drug law’s five-million-dinar minimum, and recommended appeals against the judgments.[1] Their later published review concerns drug offences generally and does not identify these as cannabis cases.[1][1]
Sources
- Fines under article 32 of the drug law. Supreme Judicial Council, Judicial Supervision Authority. Study 96/2019, published 13 June 2021; three Badra judgments dated 13 February 2019 and recommendations to challenge their fines.