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It
is
against
this
political
and
judicial
background
,
and
in
the
light
of
the
above
-
mentioned
principles
,
that
the
facts
in
the
present
case
must
be
assessed
.
And
the
conclusion
is
ineluctable
:
both
applicants
were
subjected
to
an
arbitrary
criminal
judgment
which
inflicted
on
them
severe
retroactive
penalties
.
The
evident
proof
of
this
arbitrariness
is
that
the
applicant
Mr
Damjanović
was
sentenced
under
the
2003
Code
to
eleven
years
’
imprisonment
by
the
State
Court
for
beatings
,
more
than
double
the
lowest
sentence
admissible
under
the
1976
Code
.
This
conclusion
is
even
more
forceful
in
the
case
of
the
applicant
Mr
Maktouf
,
who
was
sentenced
under
the
2003
Code
to
five
years
’
imprisonment
,
that
is
to
say
five
times
the
lowest
sentence
imposable
under
the
1976
Code
.
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