Three photojournalists accused of spying for Russia were ordered released by a Georgian court. Each received a suspended sentence after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors; each of the three also confessed to involvement in espionage.
The result of their release, though, is that the full evidence behind the arrests will not now be exposed. Human rights groups are critical of Georgia's plea bargaining process and claim that it permits authorities to forge deals out of the public view, which they claim allows the government to force admissions of guilt by threating imprisonment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14253718
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