Nevertheless, prosecution experts found him to be healthy and fit to stand trial. Defense requests for an independent psychiatric examination of Dmitrii have been denied. Conditions of incarceration in the prison where Dmitrii now is being held are execrable. During the summer months, the temperature has been more than 104 degrees. The cells are overcrowded and prisoners must take turns sleeping in an inadequate number of cots.
Sanitary conditions are poor.
Dmitrii is vulnerable to beatings by other inmates. His life is in danger. It is undeniable that an incredibly savage and bloody murder occurred. However, there is no credible evidence or motive connecting Dmitrii Fattakhov to this crime. The victim was a known drunkard with a long history of criminal misconduct.