The Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime has rejected the request of Sokol Mjacaj, who requested removal from the 41 bis regime.
"Rejection of the request of the applicant Sokol Mjacaj with the object of challenging the decision no. 619, dated 11.12.2024, of the Minister of Justice "On the extension of the period of the special regime in the institution for the execution of high-security criminal decisions, for a period of 1 (one) year, for the prisoner Sokol Mjacaj", states the GJKKO announcement.
On December 15, 2023, life imprisonment convict Sokol Mjacajn killed Arben Lleshi in his cell.
Sokol Mjaçaj shot and killed life-sentenced prisoner Arben Lleshi inside his cell at the high-security prison in Peqin and wounded his cellmate Indrit Shaqja.
Mjacaj is the author of the murder of two tourists, Michales Svatos, 27, and Anna Kosinova, 36, a Czech, in 2015.
NOTICE
1. The applicant Sokol Mjaçaj, on 23.12.2024, filed a request with the Court with
the subject: "Objection to decision no. 619, dated 11.12.2024, of the Minister of Justice".
2. At the end of the trial, the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, with a panel composed of Judge Ardit Mustafaj, based on
Articles 471 and 480 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and Article 17, point 9, of Law No. 81/2020 “On the rights
and treatment of prisoners and detainees”, with Decision No. 26, dated
30.01.2025, decided:
1. Rejection of the request of the applicant Sokol Mjaçaj with the object of challenging the decision no. 619, dated 11.12.2024, of the Minister of Justice “On the extension of the period of the special regime in the institution for the execution of high-security criminal decisions, for a period of 1 (one) year, for the prisoner Sokol Mjaçaj”.
2. An appeal against the decision is allowed to the Special Court of Appeal for Corruption
and Organized Crime, within 15 days from the notification of the decision.