The objective is to clarify whether it is necessary to issue a circular that unifies criteria
MADRID, 17 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) has ordered the superior prosecutors to collect and forward information on the cases of convictions for sexual crimes that have been reviewed due to the entry into force of the ‘law of only yes is yes’ .
According to an official letter issued this Thursday, the State Attorney General, Álvaro García Ortiz, has ordered the superior prosecutors to send to the FGE “those orders issued by the courts or tribunals of justice in their territory in which proceedings have been to the review of final convictions, as well as the reports issued by the Public Prosecutor in the respective executions”.
This was conveyed by the head of the Technical Secretariat of the FGE, Ana García León, with the aim of “monitoring judicial resolutions that involve a reduction in the penalties imposed in final judgments after the entry into force of the aforementioned organic law “.
The tax sources consulted by Europa Press explain that the intention is to analyze the cases in which up to now the sentences imposed have been reviewed to see if there is a disparity of criteria between the prosecutors of the different cases and if it is necessary to issue a circular to unify them.
The aforementioned sources explain that, if it were necessary to set criteria, the circular would not be issued immediately because it requires previous work that implies, among other things, that it be discussed in the Board of Chamber Prosecutors. Thus, the sources rule out that the matter can even be raised in the next conclave, scheduled for November 25.
García León explains in the official letter that the FGE has taken this step because “in recent days it has become known that various provincial courts have proceeded to review convictions under article 2.2 of the Penal Code, agreeing on penological reductions with respect to those imposed in final sentences”.
Since the law came into force, on October 7, judges and courts have already reviewed numerous sentences for sexual abuse, lowering more than a dozen sentences, which have led to the release of five people, according to data collected by Europe. Press.
