NATION AND WORLD
University Dally Kansan, January 30, 1985 Page 12
Death sentence sought in murder
By United Press International
TORUN, Poland — A prosecutor demanded the death penalty yesterday for a secret police captain accused of leading two subordinates in the murder of a pro-Solidarity priest but said the "extremist" cleric bore some responsibility for his own fate.
—Col. Leszek Pietrasinski,
'It was lynch law. These four combined the function of prosecutor, judge and hangman and were guided by hautiness and arrogance.'
State prosecutor Leszek Pietrasinski demanded police Capt. Grzegorz Piotrowski be sentenced to death by hanged for being the murder in the kidnap and execution of the Rev. Jerzy Popiushko last Oct. 19.
—Col. Leszek Pietrasinski, Polish state prosecutor
He also said Col. Adam Pietruszkau, accused of ordering the murder but not participating, should be given a 2-year tail term.
He asked the same jail sentence for Piotrowski's subordinates, Lts. Waldemar Chmielewski and Leszek Kupcow and also participated in the crime.
"I DEMAND GZEGORZ Piotrowski be sentenced to capital punishment and that Leszek Pekala, a former Polish communist, Pietruszk each serve 25 years in
prison," he said, "These men are guilty of brutality and premeditation.
"It was lynch law. These four combined the function of prosecutor, judge and hangman and were guided by haughtiness and arrogance."
At the same time, the prosecutor suggested the 37-year-old Popeliuszko, known for his fiery argument gernsmen championship the outlawed Solidarity union, bore some responsibility for his own fate.
"He sowed hatred toward the socialist state. He called not for reconciliation but for struggle. His extremist attitude provoked the harmful actions of the four defendants," he said.
POPIELUSZKO WAS kidnapped Oct. 19 and then beaten, suffering at least 14 fist and club blows, an autopsy showed. He was then bound, gagged and dumped in a reservoir on the Vistula river near Torun in
northern Poland. The body was recovered Oct. 30.
Piotrowski took the prosecutor's demand for capital punishment calmly. Earlier, he fainted into the arms of police guards as he was ordered into court and the judge ordered a recount until he recovered.
Chmielewski and Pekala sat slumped in the dock in the small, crowded courtroom and buried their heads in their hands, unable to look at the prosecutor as he spoke.
Chmielewski frequently broke into fits of sobbing while Pietruszka remained hunched over a writing pad taking notes.
The prosecutor's summation followed a ruling by the judge Monday that all evidence had been heard in the trial.
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