Evolution of the institution of parole from serving a sentence in Russia

Toskina G. N.

this article explores the question of the evolution of the institution of parole from serving a sentence in Russia in different historical periods. The author of the article comes to the opinion that, despite the long period of existence in the Russian system of legislation, repeated modernization, contradictory practice of application, to date, in the full sense of an effective institution of parole from serving a sentence has not been created. There is still subjectivity in the courts ' satisfaction of applications for conditional early release from serving a sentence, which indicates both the inaccuracy of the lawmaker's formulation of the grounds for its application, and historical traditions that prevent legislating the optimal list of grounds for conditional early release from serving a sentence and thus ensure uniform law enforcement practice on parole.

Keywords:parole from serving a sentence, history of criminal legislation, criminal code of the Russian Federation, convicts, applications for parole from serving a sentence.