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09-29-2010, 03:40 PM
Assistant Attorney General Frank Soto said on Tuesday that suspended judge Francisco Mejia Angomas was lying when he said that he had accepted a request from the Justice Department to release individuals convicted of drug trafficking and warned that he will have to answer for his actions and that his office is investigating the magistrate for other possible cases of corruption. According to El Nuevo Diario and other papers. Mejia Angomas says he is being persecuted. However, Frank Soto said that the judge for the Execution of Sentences has been summoned by the Justice Department to explain his motives for releasing two brothers, Anthony and Edwin Manzano Garcia and other individuals sentenced to 10-year jail terms.
In an article in El Caribe, Soto spoke in harsh terms as he referred to the fact that Law 50-88 does not establish sentences of between six months and five years: "He is lying, no article of Law 50-88 establishes a sentencing guideline of between six months and five years, this is a blatant lie by Angomas and he knows it".
The Assistant Attorney General explained that the law that was quoted provides sentencing guidelines of between 6 months and 2 years for simple possession, and for distribution the sentencing guidelines are for 3 to 10 years, and for drug trafficking, as in this case, the mandatory sentences are between 5 and 20 years.
He added that the case file contains details about the seizure of a helicopter, a Hummer SUV and several other items, including a small plane, and, he said, in these cases no judge will issue a sentence for simple possession.
Interviewed on the Huchi Lora news talk show on CDN Radio, Mejia Angomas said he had not signed the release order, and that his assistants had prepared it because he was ill. He insisted he was being discriminated against by Prosecutor General Radhames Jimenez and called for an investigation into the prosecutor general's practices in other cases in the past. Mejia Angomas said he stands by the document prepared by his staff and that there was confusion in the judgment that did not specify whether the sentence had established 10 years in jail, 10 months or 10 days. Mejia Angomas has argued the sentence just established "10 in prison."
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In an article in El Caribe, Soto spoke in harsh terms as he referred to the fact that Law 50-88 does not establish sentences of between six months and five years: "He is lying, no article of Law 50-88 establishes a sentencing guideline of between six months and five years, this is a blatant lie by Angomas and he knows it".
The Assistant Attorney General explained that the law that was quoted provides sentencing guidelines of between 6 months and 2 years for simple possession, and for distribution the sentencing guidelines are for 3 to 10 years, and for drug trafficking, as in this case, the mandatory sentences are between 5 and 20 years.
He added that the case file contains details about the seizure of a helicopter, a Hummer SUV and several other items, including a small plane, and, he said, in these cases no judge will issue a sentence for simple possession.
Interviewed on the Huchi Lora news talk show on CDN Radio, Mejia Angomas said he had not signed the release order, and that his assistants had prepared it because he was ill. He insisted he was being discriminated against by Prosecutor General Radhames Jimenez and called for an investigation into the prosecutor general's practices in other cases in the past. Mejia Angomas said he stands by the document prepared by his staff and that there was confusion in the judgment that did not specify whether the sentence had established 10 years in jail, 10 months or 10 days. Mejia Angomas has argued the sentence just established "10 in prison."
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