Supreme Court Cancels Corruption Conviction Against Former Nationalist Party Leader Ján Slota
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Slovakia's Supreme Court overturned the corruption conviction of Ján Slota, former chairman of the Slovak National Party (SNS), ruling that the statute of limitations had expired on his case. The court canceled Slota's sentence and terminated criminal proceedings against him in a case where he was accused of acting as an intermediary in bribing a judge. Slota, who led the nationalist SNS party for many years before stepping down, did not attend the court hearing. The Supreme Court's decision brings a definitive end to the indirect corruption case that had been pursued against the former political leader.