Penal code needs change

[NewsWhore]

National District prosecutor Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero has expressed his concern about a loophole in the Dominican Penal Code that allows foreigners to post bail after they have committed a crime. Hernandez said the penal code should be reformed so that no undocumented foreigner who is accused of committing a crime in the country can post bail. Hernandez gave the examples of Colombians who come to the country, usually for drug-related business, and kill people, but once they are caught they just post bail. Hernandez was particularly concerned about the cases of Simon Bolivar Castillo Sanchez and Socrates Mena Castillo whose bodies were found in two tanks at Cruce Pajon, in Monte Plata province, after what is believed to have been a drug-related killing.

More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#14)