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11-11-2009, 04:20 PM
Supreme Court president Jorge Subero Isa has called for the publication of a ruling with guidelines for judges to consult when considering releasing a person on bail. The announcement comes after judge Roxanna Vasquez used a clause in the Penal Code to reverse a jail order for Sobeida Feliz, suspected accomplice of fugitive drug trafficker Jose D. Figueroa Agosto. Sobeida Feliz is now also missing.
Subero Isa had initially defended judge Vasquez's decision to release Feliz on bail. "We judges cannot be accused of weaknesses in the struggle against drug trafficking," reports El Caribe journalist Namphi Rodriguez, recalling the statement by Jorge Isa. Subero Isa justified the reasons judge Vasquez presented in her opinion for releasing Feliz on bail. "They sent me a copy of the judgment and the judgment explains itself. She [the judge] had her reasons," Subero Isa said at the time.
Speaking on the 106.5 morning talk show this morning, lawyer Vinicio Castillo that the Supreme Court instead of the ruling should send a bill to Congress modifying the Penal Code facility that grants this judicial discretion. He said this has led to a large number of crimes in the DR being committed by criminals who have been freed on bail or using loopholes in the Penal Code. Castillo says that the wording of the Code favors impunity of criminals time after time.
Castillo says that the DNCD and Police can do excellent work in catching the criminals, but this will have little effect if the judiciary releases them with their lawyers taking advantage of technicalities in the Penal Code.
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Subero Isa had initially defended judge Vasquez's decision to release Feliz on bail. "We judges cannot be accused of weaknesses in the struggle against drug trafficking," reports El Caribe journalist Namphi Rodriguez, recalling the statement by Jorge Isa. Subero Isa justified the reasons judge Vasquez presented in her opinion for releasing Feliz on bail. "They sent me a copy of the judgment and the judgment explains itself. She [the judge] had her reasons," Subero Isa said at the time.
Speaking on the 106.5 morning talk show this morning, lawyer Vinicio Castillo that the Supreme Court instead of the ruling should send a bill to Congress modifying the Penal Code facility that grants this judicial discretion. He said this has led to a large number of crimes in the DR being committed by criminals who have been freed on bail or using loopholes in the Penal Code. Castillo says that the wording of the Code favors impunity of criminals time after time.
Castillo says that the DNCD and Police can do excellent work in catching the criminals, but this will have little effect if the judiciary releases them with their lawyers taking advantage of technicalities in the Penal Code.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)