Abstract
The paper deals with the formation and subsequent development of one's position as a key prosecution authority in criminal proceedings undertaken in relation to the political trials in Czechoslovakia in the 50s of the 20th century. The emergence of power relations prosecution began in the late 40s of the 20th century, partly in connection with the enactment of the zlidovění justice and secondly for him planted in 1949, then Minister of Justice Dr.
Alexei Cap, who argued that the prosecutor rested in the hands of the center of gravity of the entire criminal judiciary. The end of the 40s of the 20th century is also characterized by the fact that there has been the creation of so.
Kabinett justice for which it was typical that even before the law courts decided on guilt and punishment for accused persons. Major influence on decision-making powers of the courts focused only in the hands of the Minister of Justice, was removed control of the judicial authorities of the investigation, and prosecution just Institute was built among other order that oversaw compliance with statutory procedures throughout the criminal proceedings.
So there was a conscious violation of fundamental human rights and freedoms, as well as the basic principles of criminal proceedings, which include mainly the detection principle of objective truth and the presumption of innocence.