800 never show up

[NewsWhore]

According to Jose Manuel Hernandez, the District Attorney for Santo Domingo, at least 800 people accused of crimes and under judicial restrictions never show up for their trial dates. As a result, the DA has put their names and faces on a website and declared them to be fugitives from justice. According to the DA, this situation is the result of the accused making light of the restraints placed upon them by the courts, and therefore 800 cases are pending a solution. According to Hernandez, the new Penal Code requires that a person be physically present for trial. Speaking very plainly to reporters from Diario Libre, the jurist said that he had created a special department to tackle these issues "given the Police Department's deficiencies in acting in these cases." The District Attorney spoke to reporters as he signed an agreement with the director of the Presidential Office for Technology in order to publish the fugitives' names and faces in the government website.

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