Jonas Prapiestis (born 2 August 1952) is a

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

n judge, Professor of

criminal law Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It prescribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people inclusive of one's self. Most criminal law i ...

and politician, born in Kupiškis. In 1990 he was among those who signed the

Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of March 11 ( lt, Aktas dėl Lietuvos nepriklausomos valstybės atstatymo) was an independence declaration by Lithuania adopted on March 11, 1990, signed by all members of the S ...

Biography

Jonas Prapiestis has graduated the Law Faculty of Vilnius University in 1975 and has worked as a lecturer in the Department of the Criminal Law of the Faculty. He worked as a judge in the field of Criminal law and Criminal procedure at ''

Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas The Supreme Court of the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublikos Aukščiausiasis Teismas) is the only court of cassation in the Republic of Lithuania for reviewing effective judgements and rulings passed by the courts hearing criminal cas ...

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References

1952 births Living people People from Kupiškis Ministers of Justice of Lithuania Lithuanian legal scholars Scholars of criminal law Judges of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania Moscow State University alumni {{Lithuania-politician-stub