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08-05-2008, 03:40 PM
Supreme Court Judges are denying that they are responsible for an increase in crime and the cases of criminals lynched by citizens in the DR, as Police Chief Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin claimed. Yesterday, Guzman attributed the recent spate of lynching to leniency on the part of the justice department towards criminals and robbers that sow fear and despair among the citizens and has led many to take "justice" into their own hands. "The lynching is the product of legal impunity and I have said that several times before," said the Police Chief. Supreme Court judges Hugo Alvarez and Julio Ibarra Rios rejected Guzman's point of view and said that his comments reflected a lack of understanding of the problems regarding the issues. Ibarra Rios, visibly bothered by the Chief's comments, was firm in saying that Guzman should study law before he makes that kind of comment about the justice system. "He needs to study law because all he is a civil engineer." Supreme Court president Jorge Subero Isa tried to mediate by saying that Guzman passed by the judge's office and explained that he wasn't referring specifically to the justice system, but to society as a whole. Subero Isa said, "I think he has a point because if all the State's resources were directed towards fighting the evils in our society, the situation would be different and there would be no impunity."
Congress is studying changes in the Penal Code. Lawyers have indicated the law makes it very difficult to press forward a case against a criminal, even if the later is caught committing the crime.
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Congress is studying changes in the Penal Code. Lawyers have indicated the law makes it very difficult to press forward a case against a criminal, even if the later is caught committing the crime.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)