Judge The Zipper Reveals Identity and Donates Proceeds to ALS Research

Judge The Zipper comes out of anonymity to deliver a check to FUNDELA with the copyright of his book ‘Gutting up the Law’

2023-06-02

As already announced, Judge The Zippera popularizing judge on Twitter, made delivery of a check copyright advance for your book Gutting the Law to the Spanish Foundation for the Promotion of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (READ) in the Madrid Book Fair. A cause of solidarity for which magistrate Fernando Portillo, dean judge of the Melilla Courts and president of the Independent Judicial Forum association, has come out of anonymity.

“I hope it is worth taking this step to help bring attention to this disease. I admit that it makes me a little apprehensive to get out of that comfortable position that is being on Twitter, but it is a conscious decision, a strategy to boost the sale of the book and get more money for ALS research, “said the author , remembering that he will sign copies of his book on Saturday, June 3, from 12:00 to 14:00, at the Marcial Pons booth (nº 82), and from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the La Esfera booth (nº 193).

“We are fed up with seeing news about law and about judges, and many times it is not known what exactly they are talking about. This book explains it in an informative way with accessible language and illustrations, so that those who have never studied Law can understand it », he affirms. “Current events are very fast and the media sometimes transmit erroneous information,” continues the judge. I like to explain my work and the tools I use”.

Law is “something as basic as breathing”, for the author of Gutting the Law. «Justice is the great forgotten, we are constantly surrounded by law and people do not realize it, but it is very important because it is what allows us to live peacefully in society. We are surrounded by laws and regulations, on which your well-being depends a lot. We must be aware that knowing our legal reality makes us less vulnerable to demagogue messages.

Thus, through the pages of his book topics range from the law of the only yes is yes, gender violence or false complaints to pretrial detention, the presumption of innocence, lawsuits, criminal records, legitimate defense, the jury, corruption, pardons, joint custody, illegal immigrants or busy. Judge The Zipper It also details what the work of judges is like, how to become a judge, what they do during the trial, the prosecutor as an instructor, the drafting of the sentence, the particular vote, punitive populism, the ideology of the judges, politicization of the judicial leadership, whether or not the victims of sexual crimes are believed… All seasoned with examples, such as the case of the girl Mariluz, the provisional prison of the player Dani Alves, the herd of Pamplona, ​​the ERE of Andalusia, the pardon Juana Rivas, the Nóos case, Cristiano Ronaldo’s tax evasion, the unsuccessful conviction of Dolores Vázquez or the police raids on homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.