Word: pietruszka
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...abduction and killing of Popieluszko last October were two subordinates in the security forces, Leszek Pekala and Waldemar Chmielewski. Pekala, who drove the kidnap car, received 15 years, and Chmielewski, whose stuttering, tear-filled testimony gave the trial some of its most dramatic moments, got 14 years. Adam Pietruszka, the former colonel who flatly denied Piotrowski's accusations that he had encouraged the killing, received a 25-year jail term...
...Kujawa, sitting beneath a heraldic eagle of Poland, sentenced Pietruszka, the defendant stared impassively. "They have brought shame on the state, the citizens and the system," declared Kujawa solemnly. "They have slandered the good name of Poland." In announcing the sentences, Kujawa drew a distinction between Pietruszka and Piotrowski, whom he described as the decision makers, and their subordinates. Kujawa explained that he chose not to order Piotrowski hanged because Polish law states that punishment should seek to educate and frighten the criminal, not simply avenge the crime. Indeed, lawyers representing Popieluszko's family and his driver, Waldemar Chrostowski...
...Piotrowski's partners, Co-Defendants Waldemar Chmielewski and Leszek Pekala, receive a sentence of 25 years, the maximum term under Polish law. The men, he said, were following the orders of their superior. The prosecutor also recommended a sentence of 25 years for the fourth defendant, ex-Colonel Adam Pietruszka, who took no physical part in the crime but is accused of having encouraged Piotrowski in its commission. The prosecutor's recommendations are expected to be approved by Presiding Judge Artur Kujawa and his four co-jurists this week...
...showing Popieluszko's body moments after it was pulled from the reservoir. The effect of the videotape upon the defendants was clear: Pekala cried openly; Chmielewski bowed his head; and, for his part, Piotrowski appeared to be taking deep breaths. Only the fourth defendant, former Secret Police Colonel Adam Pietruszka, remained impassive...
Piotrowski described a meeting in late September in Pietruszka's office, also attended by Lieut. Colonel Leszek Wolski, head of Warsaw's local security office. Speaking of Father Popieluszko and Stanislaw Malkowski, another activist priest, the ex-captain recalled his superior saying, "Enough of this game playing with Popieluszko and Malkowski. We will take decisive action. We have to shake them so hard that it leads right up to a heart attack." As Pietruszka sat impassively, separated from Piotrowski by two uniformed police officers, the former captain revealed that the victim was originally to have been Malkowski. Piotrowski claimed that...