And the Government quickly adds another travesty point to the Lapi escape

April 9, 2007

And today we got point #8 to my earlier post on the travesty of Justice on the Lapi escape, when the judge named to replace the one fired this weekend by the Government because it did not like that it released the 29 prison workers, changed the earlier ruling , and jailed them again until they can satisfy the conditions for bail. The problem is that this new Judge ruled only to please the Government and forgot to check what the law says about what she could or not do.

You see under the Codigo Organico Procesal penal, the so called COPP, which regulates such decisions, the judge could not change the ruling by the prvious judge, because she was ocuppying that same position and had the same hierarchy. Under the COPP, only a higher instance can change decisions. Thus, once againg, the decision is illegal and the judge rushed to suck up to the Minister of Justice. But I guess she will not be removed for ignorance, miscarriage of Justice or making a political decision.

Oh! Mis-Justice in the revolution!

In the meantime, the Minister accused the previous Judge who freed the 29 prison workers of beong bribed or ” a bribe was coming”, I guess he was watching her via the Direct TV set top box or something screwy like that. You have to wonder how Lapi convinced all 29 to let him go, how they kept it secret and how come the Government had no proof that even one of them was involved.

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