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09-14-2006, 03:40 PM
The Chamber of Appeals of the Penal Court of Santo Domingo has ordered temporary imprisonment for Juan Ramon Carrera Costa and Noemi Martinez, and for their case to be tried in a criminal court. The couple is accused of abusing a minor. Judges Olga Herrera Carbuccia, Carmen Fortuna and Enrique Marchena revoked a decision by the instruction court that had discharged the couple on 21 July. The child division prosecutors took up the case of the 3-year-old boy, as reported on 26 July in DR1 Daily News.
Marisol Tobal, assistant prosecutor for children appealed against Judge Marcia Polanco's decision that absolved a father and stepmother of responsibility for abusing a child. Tobal said that the judge did not consider the proof provided by physicians who had treated the child. The child was removed from the care of his father and stepmother and returned to his biological mother who was provided with financial support. The medical reports show that the child had lesions on his buttocks, back and abdomen that were clearly caused by beating with a belt, as well as bruises caused by other objects. The examination also showed traces of serious past lesions. The medics denied that these could have been caused by a simple bicycle crash, as the parents were alleging. The case was discussed on TV and radio talk shows.
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Marisol Tobal, assistant prosecutor for children appealed against Judge Marcia Polanco's decision that absolved a father and stepmother of responsibility for abusing a child. Tobal said that the judge did not consider the proof provided by physicians who had treated the child. The child was removed from the care of his father and stepmother and returned to his biological mother who was provided with financial support. The medical reports show that the child had lesions on his buttocks, back and abdomen that were clearly caused by beating with a belt, as well as bruises caused by other objects. The examination also showed traces of serious past lesions. The medics denied that these could have been caused by a simple bicycle crash, as the parents were alleging. The case was discussed on TV and radio talk shows.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)