In the dock

" They say that the meaning of life is to be happy. By my bad decision in the 1990s, I deprived myself of that happiness, when I spent the best years of my life in a cold prison cell, mostly in solitary confinement. Despite this, I never lost the strength to go on, not even when I heard the verdict of life imprisonment at the Prešov court. It wasn' t the happy moments in my life that made me strong, but the sad and difficult ones. During the quarter of a century spent in prison, I had to overcome many sad moments and difficult obstacles, and those were the ones that pushed me forward and made me stronger. However, I dare to say that not everyone can overcome such obstacles, and therefore let this story of mine be a memento for young people, who must remember that before making such a wrong decision to embark on the path of crime, the consequences of such a decision are very harsh and irreversible, and even crying will not help.

“The purpose of this book is not to justify my crimes that I committed in the 1990s, nor to blame me for those crimes. I myself, after seventeen years of silence, decided to confess my dark past. Another ten years have passed since then. This book gives the reader a different perspective. In it, we bring you an overview of facts and evidence about how far those who are supposed to ensure the right to a fair trial for every citizen in this state were able to go. With this book, we also bring the reader a picture of how some of the investigators and prosecutors who dealt with my cases took on the role of judges when they turned murderers into witnesses. "

" My biggest regret is that I missed the train that took me to organized crime. "

– Mikulas Cernak

Mgr. Monika Křivová (1988), lawyer, mediator and entrepreneur. Since 2019, he has chaired the civic association Svedomie. He also deals with out-of-court dispute resolution.

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Mikulas Cernak (1966). In the nineties of the twentieth century, he built the most feared mafia group and was considered the boss of the Slovak underworld. He was convicted of violent crimes. He is currently serving a life sentence.