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04-23-2007, 05:50 PM
Dominican police chief Bernardo Santana Paez has told reporters that he was "worried" about the ease with which accused criminals were obtaining bail, even when accused of murder. Santana said that he did not want to point any fingers, but said that ideally, those accused should receive the punishments they deserve. He complained about the fact that after hard police work, members of a notorious gang had been arrested, and because the complaint was filed just five hours past the deadline, the accused were simply released back into society. He told reporters from Hoy newspaper that he was "worried about how easily these criminals get out of the system", and claimed to have evidence. Santana said that it was important for the press to note that the police had nabbed a gang of alleged criminals, the "most terrible on police files" and another part of the justice system put them back on the streets, "because of that five-hour delay."

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