Marcelo Folch, who assumed the defense of the “denialist” doctor, referred to the fact that the crimes attributed to the promoter of the rebellion against the sanitary measures in force were not enough to support the request for effective imprisonment..
In the afternoon of yesterday, the imputative hearings were held for those who were arrested for the concentration that took place last Monday at the Monument, promoted by the doctor who denies the pandemic Marcelo Arriaga, who ultimately regained his freedom, after paying a bond. of 200 thousand pesos.
The law doctor Marcelo Folch, who together with his colleague Patricia Guzmán assumed the defense of the detainee, described the audience as “long and arduous” and explained: Article 220 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. It was a legal and technical question, for which he was able to regain his freedom with four conditions imposed by the judge, in addition to the effective payment of the bond: establish domicile in Rosario; prohibition to leave the country; prohibition to participate and summon in any act or march, and prohibition for two years to maintain personal, virtual or third-party contact with the complainants ”.
Faced with the voices of rejection of the decision to grant Arriaga freedom, Folch stated: “We consider that since he has no prior record of any kind, and due to the type of crimes attributed to him, the prison should be of no more than three years , period for which the conditional fulfillment of the sentence fits ”.
Folch stated that it was not easy for him and his colleague to make his client understand his legal situation. “Later showed regret for what it generated. In any case, the criminal process continues. We are at the beginning of the investigation; The trial will determine whether or not he incurred the aforementioned crimes and there is the possibility of accessing an abbreviated trial or probation, if it were to correspond ”.
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