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Golden Dawn is a criminal organization “dressed in the mantle of a political party,” according to the referral committee in the case.
The meeting of the Criminal Appeals Court, made up of three members, which judges the criminal organization, was interrupted for tomorrow, Friday at 11 am.
Speeches were not completed for all the culprits, from the point where the process will begin tomorrow.
Extenuating circumstances are also expected to be discussed again, while speeches by attorneys for the defendants take place.
The court will announce the decision on the mitigation and then the announcements of the sentences will be made, at the proposal of the Prosecutor’s Office.
The final decision on the sentences and who will be sent to prison is expected to be issued tomorrow Friday and, otherwise, on Monday. 
The Prosecutor’s proposal
Previously, the prosecutor Adamantia Oikonomou demanded the mitigation of all those convicted of joining a criminal organization, who were not found guilty of another crime. However, he did not acknowledge any mitigation for the Golden Dawn lead team.
“The court ruled that the defendants joined a union of people who intended to commit serious crimes that affect democracy. So what mitigations can I suggest in this case? It would be contradictory, “he characteristically said during his speech.
Specifically, it rejects the mitigant recognition applications for Nikos Michaloliakos, Christos Pappas, Ilias Kasidiaris, Giannis Lagos, George Germeni, Elias Panagiotaros and Artemis Mattheopoulos. In other words, his proposal does not concern those guilty of running a criminal organization. 
Initially, the prosecutor requested that the attenuation of legal life be recognized only for the former convicted deputies of Chrysi Avgi Stathis Boukouras, Dimitris Koukoutsis and Chrysovalantis Alexopoulos. The three former deputies have been convicted solely of the crime of affiliation to a criminal organization, which is not accompanied by any other criminal act. For the rest of the condemned, the prosecutor had requested the rejection of all mitigating circumstances.
However, after the deuterologies of the lawyers and the presentation of new applications, the prosecutor’s proposal changed.
Defense counsel objections
Ms. Oikonomou’s initial proposal sparked an explosion in the defense benches and the voices of the lawyers, who addressed the court, each saying the name of their client, indicating that they too belong to this case.
One of Nikos Michaloliakos and Eleni Zaroulia’s lawyers, Takis Michalolias, yelled:
“Madam President, Madam President, what are we listening to? And Zaroulia is in this case and others are in this case.
-President: Calm down, calm down please.
-Michalolias: No, Madam President, we are not going to calm down. We calm down a lot as it seems. “
The prosecutor intervened in the verbal confrontation, explaining to the court that the specific mitigation was provided by only the three defendants.
The president turned to the defense and said: 
“Because they asked, do you understand?”
Then the defense began to shout:
“Fine, then let us send it to you too.”
Then the court suspended the session to make similar claims.
When he returned to his seat and before the lawyers could speak, the prosecutor requested the relief granted to the three former deputies and any other defendant who was found guilty of belonging without having any other criminal act related to the organization.
At the proposal of the prosecutor and according to the provisions of the procedure, the floor is given to the defendant’s lawyers. It is emphasized that the final decision on the recognition or non-recognition of mitigation belongs to the court.
What does the Penal Code establish for sanctions
Under the Penal Code, Nikos Michaloliakos and the six other former members of the neo-Nazi group who were found guilty of leading and joining a criminal organization face sentences of five to fifteen years.
For the members of the organization, the recognition of mitigations reduces the penalty from 5 to 10 years to 1 to 5 years.
The Fyssa family is “present”
The meeting was attended, as always, by the family of the murdered musician. 
Magda and Takis Fyssas arrived today at the Court of Appeals, without making any statements. Earlier, Pavlos’s mother was at the scene of his murder in Keratsini, where she left flowers and repeated that “society was justified”.
Leaving the Court of Appeals yesterday, Pavlos’ mother, Magda Fyssa, made statements, just hours after the historic decision to convict Golden Dawn as a criminal organization.
Referring to the guilt of the Golden Dawn leaders but also to the guilt of George Roupakias for the murder of his son, he stressed that “this was what we expected, this was what was required”, referring to a historic victory.
Ms. Fyssa assured that this is a victory for the Republic, that “we owe it to Pavlos and the political education that fought so hard all this time, because they put up a great fight.” We owe them a big thank you. “
“We owe it to Paul. For the blood and life he lost.” Paul’s 4 minutes were very important for us to collect them, “he added.
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